White river journal, october 13, 2016

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MUSEUM FLY-THRU - 2.29 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EsMpvhnN2Y&index=138&list=PLPmzXhGwXIBEFbEnjM4ualK77IM8H1LmM STEVIE WONDER PERFORMS - 6.30 minutes . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-gy_aesY6w&index=25&list=PLPmzXhGwXIBEFbEnjM4ualK77IM8H1LmM GEORGE BUSH SPEAKS - 5.56 minutes . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLRuyBd9fRQ&index=1&list=PLPmzXhGwXIBEFbEnjM4ualK77IM8H1LmM

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Large turnout at benefit supper gives love and support to Haley Lightsey and family

OCT. 13 & 14, 7PM Thurs-Jr. Eagles host Marvell Fri-Sr. Eagles travel to Marvell SAT., OCT. 15, 11-1 Rabies Vaccinations City Admin. Building SAT., OCT. 15 Pee Wee Eagles Stuttgart-First Round football Playoffs MON., OCT. 17 Deadline to pay 2015 Taxes TUES., OCT. 18, 7 PM City Council City Hall Chambers TUES., OCT. 18, 1 PM Prairie County Retired Teachers Meet El Amigo, Hazen

The community of Des Arc and surrounding areas showed their love and support for the Lightsey Family at a barbeque benefit supper held at the Des Arc Elementary School on Saturday, October 8.

A meal of barbeque, a silent auction and raffle for a gun, won by Jakin Cox, were held at the standing room only benefit. Approximately $23,000 was raised.

There are other benefits in progress or will be held soon.

Haley (Glenn) Lightsey, a young mother and wife, was diagnosed with colon and liver cancer shortly after giving birth to her baby, Eli. She attended the benefit. The Lightseys also have a three-year old, Trace.

UPDATE: Young Haley was hospitalized this week and is at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She will remain there until she is able to tolerate another treatment. Please keep this young family in your thoughts and prayers.

WED.,OCT. 19,7:30-5:30 Mass Flu Clinic Drive-thru or Walk-in P.C. Fairgrounds WED., OCT. 19, 12 NOON Chamber of Commerce date changed. F&M Bank THURS., OCT. 20 12-2 Commodities Distribution City Hall Courtroom THURS., OCT. 20, 11-1PM Lions Hamburger Lunch Riverfront Park FRI., OCT. 21 Deadline to enter Princess Rice Pageant

SAT., OCT. 22, 1:00 PM Class of 1964 Reunion Amer. Ag Bldg.

Quorum Court approves Ordinance adding annual $50 Fire Dept. dues to Real Estate tax statements At the Oct. 11 Quorum Court meeting, Butlerville’s Fire Chief, Bob Thornton, presented an ordinance to the Court which would apply only to Prairie County residents living within

Butlerville’s Fire District. Following a lengthy review & discussion, the ordinance was unanimously approved.

A detailed explanation of the ordinance by Chief Thornton follows: Lightsey Family - summer 2015: Trace, held by mother Haley, and sister-in-law, Kelcie (front); Glenn, Haley’s husband, and his parents, Tanya and Robert (back) Continued on Pg 4 - See Quorum Court Ordinance

99 yr old Biscoe born/raised Ruth Bonner rings bell to officially open National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C. Sept. 24

MON., OCT. 24, 7 PM School Board meets Supt’s office-High School

SAT., OCT. 29, 9 AM. Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival - Downtown

Obituaries Pg . 5

Ruth Bearden, 95, Searcy Frances Ewing, 89, Stuttgart Dorothy Flanagan, 88, Des Arc Marlin Griffin, 67, Augusta Dora Hoskyn, 73, Stuttgart Joy Mason, 84, Carlisle Georgetta Ramsey, 88, Clarendon Edith Smith, 61, Stuttgart Dale Taylor, 86, Searcy Charlotte Wolfe, 82, Austin R.K. Yarbrough, 57, Searcy

Hats Off again to USPS for next-day delivery of WRJ Oct. 6 issue on Friday, Oct. 7!

(21 of 30 tracked out-of-county locations ... 6 for 26th consecutive Friday) However due to WRJ’s late printing, the two Des Arc routes weren’t delivered until Friday, Oct. 7 . . . instead of Thursday, Oct. 6.

See Tracking Chart, Pg 15

National Museum of African American History & Culture, pictured at night The above newest Smithsonian facility was officially dedicated and opened to the public on Saturday, Sept. 24, when 99-year-old Ruth Odom Bonner, born and raised in Biscoe, Ar., rang the original bell from the First Baptist Church in Virginia, one of the oldest black churches in America founded in 1776. Her ringing of this bell set off simultaneous bell ringing all over Washington, D.C. and the rest of the nation.

Both President George W. Bush, who is given much credit for the museum’s being, and Barack Obama spoke at the dedication, telecast live

by CSpan and available for viewing online at the link shown below.

At the conclusion of his address, President Obama introduced Ruth Bonner and other members of the four generations of her family present. He also told the story of her father, Elijah Odom who was born into slavery in 1859, but who ran away to freedom as a young boy” and went on to graduate from medical school and become a doctor (practicing medicine in Biscoe from 1899 to 1924). He and Michelle then joined hands and walked over to join Ruth and family to open the museum.

Located on the west end of the Capital Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, it’s construction was authorized by Congress in 2003 - ground was broken in 2012.

The 400,000sf, $500,000,000 building was designed by Tanzanian born-in-1966 architect David Adjaye. An estimated 150,000 people came to Washington to attend its dedication.

(Additional photos and story - Pages 2,3,14)

With WRJ online, just click following interactive link to see entire 2 hour C-Span video of the 9/24 dedication (to watch only the President’s introduction of Ruth Bonner and her bell ringing, move Play button to 1:48:00): https://www.c-span.org/video/?415014-1/smithsonian-national-museum-african-american-history-culture-opens-dc

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Ruth Bonner receives help pulling bell rope from Michelle & President Obama and great-grandaughter, Christine, 7 yrs old (Inset photo is closeup of Ruth)

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Culture in Washington, D.C. dedicated Sept. 24

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SILVER It’s been a long, hard game. Now, in the final quarter, it looks like Alabama may beat Oklahoma. And Arkansas, easily. And most every other state in the Southeast Conference. Indeed, every other competitor coast-to-coast.

Football? No. Nor the Southeast Conference but the nation’s southeastern quadrant, and the struggle to see which state therein is least likely to support Hillary Clinton. Needs a tough, seasoned coach. So we’ll turn not to Nick Sabin but Nate Silver.

Silver is the guy behind FiveThirtyEight, which is not a quarterback’s signal but a website. It takes its name from the number of votes in the Electoral College, the College Football Playoff of American politics. Silver aggregates the most reliable opinion polls and, applying to them all manner of algorithms and formulae, produces a snapshot of political sentiment on an almost minute-to-minute basis. His projections of the outcome in previous elections have been remarkably on target.

Now, and for the umpteenth time, let’s remember our motto in this space this year: “All bets are off.” So anything can happen in the short weeks remaining before election day. But -- read on -- recall as well our gentle suggestion that “Debates matter.” So… So here’s the situation as Silver computed it at 2:30 P.M. on the afternoon of October 11: The state Clinton has the absolute least hope of winning is Alabama. Silver put her odds at 0.4 percent.

Doubtless this is deeply disappointing to Sooners, who for essentially the entire campaign have sought the title.

At one point Silver computed Clinton’s chances in Oklahoma at no better than 0.2 percent. But ‘Bama kept fighting, as ‘Bama will; and, absent any sharp turnaround, it should take the prize, as Clinton’s Oklahoma odds have soared to 0.7 percent.

Elsewhere in the region, the Tigers remain competitive: Clinton’s chances in the Bayou State, Silver figures, are 3.4 percent. The Vols trail though not by much: 3.9 percent is Clinton’s Tennessee favorability factor. In Mississippi, 5.2 percent. But along come the Bulldogs to skew the Dixie index: the Democratic nominee has, in the Silver model, a bit less than a one-in-three shot, somewhat better than in South Carolina, where she’s at 15 percent.

Arkansas? Which five times elected Clinton’s husband governor? Which twice supported his White House bid? Where Hillary was First Lady for a dozen years? Blazingly red, Silver finds; Clinton’s odds of taking her former home state are 2.3 percent.

And you’re thinking: what about the other southern states, the big ones -- Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia?

The Lone Star State, a hybrid of south and west, is, sure, red. Hillary’s chances as of October 11: 13.6 percent. Go to the Atlantic coast and things change, because Florida, North Carolina and Virginia have changed. Political scientists are increasingly uncomfortable with assigning them, in the broad geopolitical sense, to Dixie. Lots of Red potential, yes, especially Florida and North Carolina; but they can swing. Urbanization, higher education and income levels, immigration, average voting age and other demographic shifts have moved them away from the paradigm that the Old Confederacy represents, and both the Sunshine and Tarheel states are projected to be safely in Clinton’s column. And Virginia? Where Jefferson Davis once was the secessionist government’s president? Fifteen decades after Lee’s surrender the Democratic candidate is judged to be the 90 percent November favorite.

The southern states that appear to be securely in the Blue column -- the outlook for Clinton was not always as serene. Which carries us back to the importance of debates. The first face-to-face between Clinton and Donald Trump was September 26. It was judged by all save Trump’s most rabid supporters to have been a disaster for him. The polling in subsequent days confirmed as much. Florida, with 29 electoral votes, appeared unlikely for Clinton; she trailed by 13 percentage points. In North Carolina, with 15 electoral votes, she was 19 points behind Trump. Clinton owns the trend line in all but a couple of southern states, and though she seems certain to lose most of them there is now word that her campaign believes Georgia, with 16 votes, is winnable.

Leave the south and consider Trump’s must-win states. Ohio, once in Trump’s grasp, is now in Clinton’s.

She trailed in Iowa by 40 -- [begin ital] 40 [end ital] -points prior to the first debate; Silver now has her odds of taking it at better than 10 points.

Clinton is projected to win at least 334 electoral votes (270 is the magic number) and probably can’t do much better; with some notable exceptions the Midwest, Mountain and Plains States are resolutely Red. But she also is within a whisker of taking not a plurality but a majority of the popular vote, which the GOP had fervently hoped she would be denied. And the down ballot impact on Senate and House races (save in Arkansas) has Republican elders quivering. A long, hard game.

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Reflection of Washington Monument in Museum windows

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Waterfall lighted by sunlight from above

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99 yr old Biscoe born/raised Ruth Bonner rang bell to officially open National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C. Sept. 24 President Obama acknowledged 4 generations of the Bonner Family who were present at the museum’s dedication - and described her father, Dr. Elijah Bird Odom born into slavery (Oct 10, 1859) but who ran away to freedom as a young boy and graduated from Meharry Medical School in Tennessee. (Dr. Odom practiced medicine in Biscoe from 1899 until shortly before his death in 1924. He also served several years as president of the school board in Biscoe, where the only black school in Prairie County with upper grades was located (Photo below is thought to be taken while he was in medical school)

Ruth Bonner’s parents, Dr. Elijah Bird Odom and Ada Toone Odom Ruth Odom Bonner, being introduced by President Obama at 12:23 am EDT, Sept. 24

The Odom home in Biscoe, in 1930, located south side of railroad across from Odom drugstore/office

Dr. Odom’s Drug Store & Medical Office Building, Biscoe, Ar. Following info furnished Bill Sayger by Ruth Bonner: “The brick building was located on north side of Main between Madison & Dixon Streets probably some of the Odom children in foreground(?). It was built prior to 1920 by Nat Darby, a well-known black builder who also owned a building supply business in Cotton Plant ... and who died in 1943.

“Dr. Henry Fowler, who married my mother Ada’s sister, Nora, also had a jewelry store in part of the building and practiced medicine in Biscoe until moving to ElDorado.

Left: Prairie County historian and author, Bill Sayger Sayger has assembled an extensive account of the Odom family and relatives, including his own photos from the Harrison (black) Cemetery in Biscoe, where the Odom Family plot is the only one which is fenced off.

Tuesday of this week, he sent President Obama a copy of the book, with a letter requesting that the book be added to the recently opened Washington museum’s collections.

(Only a small portion of the photos and information received from Ruth Odom Bonner in 2003 and in Sayger’s book is included in Journal article.)

1922 interior view of Dr. Elijah Odom’s drug store, with him standing behind counter - Dr. Odom died Feb. 29, 1924 (At left end of the top shelf in the showcase is a box of Goo Goo Clusters, a candy still marketed today) NOTE: Both the Odom home and drugstore structures have been demolished since 2000.

Last week’s Oct 6 Mystery photos Unveiled (Individuals identified) Special Thanks to H.K. Garth for permission to use photos and ID’s from his 2005 book, “A History of Des Arc High School”

1957 Football Cheerleaders From left: Oathadene Rollins, Rosemary Holloway, Mary Treadwell, Joetha Bell, Beverly Eans and Betty Drewry

DAHS Eagle Paper Staff - 1991-92 Front, from left: Tania Tallent, Syrettta Holloway, Stephanie Hourston, Heather Hambrick, Misty Tallent, and Advisor Deanna Felts Back, from left: Larenda Dunlap, Amy Calhoun, Casey Cook, Rogjan Weaver, Amanda Mayher, Angel Cartwright, and Jennifer Lauver

and New Mystery photos for October 13 .... Individuals identified next week

Des Arc Football Team - Year ? ..... Can anyone identify location from structures behind fence ?

Regulars at Alumni Association meeting - Year ?

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“ T HE PAG E S TU R N E D B AC K ” (Compiled from White River Journal files)

Thursday, October 19, 1950

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illiam Harold (Buck) Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Evans of Des Arc, was wounded in Korea on Friday, Oct. 13, according to a telegram received by his parents here Tuesday. He is a seaman apprentice with the Navy.

Roby Roberts, 72, died of a heart attack at 7:15 a. m. Monday, Oct. 16, while picking cotton on the M. G. Smith farm seven miles east of Des Arc. Prairie County 4-H Club members who won first place in stock judging at the South Arkansas Livestock Show in Pine Bluff on Sept. 28 are Roy and Calvin Newton Tefteller of Des Arc and Harry King of Hazen.

Ellis Bertram Rogers, 63, of DeVals Bluff, Prairie County Circuit Clerk, died Friday, Oct. 13, at St. Vincents Infirmary in Little Rock. The County Democratic Central Committee chairman J. D. Thweatt, advised that a special meeting will be held to nominate someone to fill the vacancy. The Governor will appoint the replacement to fill out his term.

Wayman Taylor, 38 of Benton, drowned in the Bayou north of Des Arc about 7 a. m. Tuesday, Oct. 17. His boat sank when the motor slowed down and Taylor attempted to swim to shore with a heavy hunting coat and other heavy clothing. A dog, tied to the boat, swam out dragging the boat to shore, according to Coroner Jess Parks. The body was found in less than an hour by Del-ford Marsh and Willie B. Patterson using hooks tied to a fishing pole.

J. R. Harvey of Des Arc, chairman of the Republican Party in Prairie County, made the following statement to the Journal: “We have about 400 Republicans in Prairie County but many of them

do not experss themselves since they feel the cause is lost anyway here to the large Democratic majority.

I feel that if we had a twoparty system in Arkansas we would all get along better.”

Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jordan and brother, C. B. Jordan, all of Malvern, caught their limit, 45 crappie, at Bayou Des Arc here Monday morning. They also caught some nice bream and bass, and killed a few squirrels.

Thomas M. Fletcher Jr., 22, who is in charge of the IHC Parts Department for the Des Arc Lumber Co., was awarded the Buchanan Key for a 5.96 grade point average in the U of A Medical School in Little Rock. He is a nephew of our McClelland correspondent, Mrs. E. W. Butler.

The Council of Home Demonstration Clubs will hold its fall meeting at the American Legion Hut in Des Arc on October 25.

Mrs. Frank Wittenauer and Mrs. Arthur Seidenschwarz are in charge of a session on the United Nations.

The Auction Sale held at Des Arc each Friday afternoon is still a leading attraction for miles around. Prices are good.

A survey of the White River from its mouth to Forsythe only 40 miles from Springfield, Mo., including its branches, the Black, Little Red, and Cache, has been ordered

by Congress to determine the cost of making these streams navigable to steamers up as far as the highest practicable point.

Bob Norman, John Deere salesman with the A. F. Horne Co., advises this week that on Monday, he delivered a B-tractor and equipment to J. W. Treadwell of the Watson Community and a MTtractor and equipment to J. O. Bryant of Sand Hill.

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oach John strong Rollins’ senior Eagles overwhelmed Coach Gassoway’s DeValls Bluff Scrappers at Eagle Field on Friday night, 34 to 13. After three scores by John Wayne Cunningham, one

by Dalton Thomas, the second team was sent in and workhorses were Herman Wyatt and Billy Emmett Howell. Johnny Keller scored the 5th TD. Harvest report: Des Arc Gin Co. ginned 893 bales as of Oct. 14; Des Arc Grain Drying Co-op manager Merlin Hendricks advises that the facility does not give out information on volume, but this year, the yield is 2 percent greater than last year which was a record year; Thomas U. Patterson, manager at Des Arc Seed & Grain Co., advises that he is getting more and more soybeans the past week but expects the peak the first of November. Jess Weatherley brought in the first load to the facility Oct. 3.

damage when a bulldozer equipped with a tree-cutting attachment struck the superstructure, virtually severing one of the main load-carrying supports at the east end. Traffic on the heavily traveled route between Memphis and Little Rock is detouring by Stuttgart and Clarendon.

Gene Smith, who has been organizing and managing the Des Arc Independent Basketball teams for several years, announces a meeting at Smith’s Pharmacy at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, for all fellows interested in playing independent basketball.

County Judge Joe H. Crowly announced the next distribution of surplus commodities here Monday, Oct. 19.

Mrs. Lee Stallings won the deer rifle and Mrs. Lecil Jones won the blanket given in drawings held at the C & H Discount Center on Saturday, Oct. 3. The business, located at intersection of Highways 11 The annual Broom, Mop and 38 in west Des Arc, is and Bulb Sale, sponsored owned by Charles Walker by the Des Arc Lions Club, and Homer Ridout. will be held Monday and Report of condition of Tuesday evenings, Oct. 19 and 20. Workers will meet the Farmers & Merchants at the Arkansas Power & Bank in Des Arc at the Light office. Citizens are close of business October asked to turn on their 1, 1964, shows the total reporch lights for the Lions. sources at $3,517,149.88, signed by Henry Nichols, Mrs. Henry (Vannye) president, and R. L. MorBrown is having a new roof ton, cashier. put on her home at the Ed & Ken’s Used Cars at corner of 10th and Erwin Des Arc list the following: St. Manuel and Marlin Clark are doing the work. 1961 GMC Pickup Truck, Collis E. Pridgen, manager $1095; 1955 GMC 2-ton of the Phillips VanHeusen Truck, $550; 1958 Buick Corp shirt factory has Super V8, $850. started construction on a new brick home in Hamsit Hts. across from Arthur Dohm. The Holloways, B., Lloyd, and Cleo, are the builders.

For Rent: Three-room unfurnished apartment, suitable for two working girls or couple, $20 a month. Mrs. Lillian Shaw, 8th and Curran.

The DeValls Bluff bridge on Highway 70 over White River will be shut down for another two weeks, according to highway department officials. The bridge received extensive

Mrs. John L. McNeil, sponsor, advises that orders are now being taken for the school annual, The Eagles Nest. The cost is $3.75.

Thursday, October 15, 1981

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he Church of God of Prophecy will have a Spook House in the Berry buildings downtown for Hallo-ween.

Gene Horne, president of Des Arc Merchants Association led a discussion Thursday night with a group of Des Arc merchants as Jerry Berry, incoming they plan for the appresident of the Des Arc proaching holiday seaAlumni Association, ad- son. vises that the committee Lions Club Halloween met recently for setting candy is still available at date and naming com- Farmers & Merchants mittees. Other officers Bank, W. C. Guaranty present were Don Patter- Savings & Loan, and C. J. son, vice-president; Rister’s office.

Louise Roach, secretary; Kelly Sanner was host and Janice Bell, assistant to the annual Senior secretary.

Band Picnic last SaturBilly Kerr received 29 awards at the 1981 State Fair Junior Rabbit Show with first place winners in several varieties. He won 17 firsts, 7 seconds, 1 third, 1, fifth and 1 sixth place.

State Representative V. O. (Butch) Calhoun Jr. of Des Arc has been working with the DeValls Bluff City Council, Mayor George (Buddy) Roberts, in an attempt to secure natural gas for the city. He said, “The people of DeValls Bluff are still using butane gas.”

Des Arc will have a booth at the Physicians Opportunity Fair on Oct. 22 at the Arkansas Medical College. The booth will be manned by local citizens, Atty. Robert Abney, William A. Lindsay Jr. and Tony Rampley. The North Prairie County Med Center here has been without a physician for several months.

General Telephone equipment personnel have just completed installation and testing on new telephone equipment here making Touch Calling available to interested customers. Division Manager Spence Daniels said, “Touch Call type phones means fewer dialing errors and makes calling faster and easier.”

day, Oct. 10. Videos of band performances at football game halftimes were shown by Band Director Johnny Nash and Donald Turner.

Ten people completed the CPR training class offered by the Red Cross here last week.

They were Bob Huffstickler and wife, Janice, Tony and Vickie Rampley, Calvin and Russell Prine, Jim and Virginia Pugh, Rita Smith and Bill Twenty-two Lindsay. people are signed up for the second class. Marvin Speight, science instructor at ASU, Beebe, is the instructor.

Des Arc’s Senior Eagles lost a defensive battle to the undefeated Augusta Red Devils 12-0 last Friday. Tailback Lee Bell led the Eagles in rushing with 44 yards and 13 carries. Defensive standouts were Eddie O’Bannon, Keevin Luck, Keith Kellar, Ray Stidham and Neal Mitchell.

The Rice Industry salutes Congressman Bill Alexander with a fish fry Monday, Oct. 25, 5:30 p. m. at the Stuttgart War Memorial Auditorium.

Local area coordinators are Bob Norman, Eagle Boyd, James (Red) Sparks, Bob Chandler and V. O. Calhoun Sr. He is now our congressman as we join the 1st Congressional District.

Holly Grove’s Midland Train Depot today

Holly Grove circa 1930 - Wagons waiting in line to unload their cotton bales on dock adjacent to boxcar (Midland Train Depot in background, just to right of boxcar) Photos courtesy of Arkansas History Commission and Bill Sayger

Quorum Court Ordinance (Continued from Page 1) “The ordinance presented to the Prairie County Quorum Court pertains to a bill (House Bill 1367) that was passed by the Arkansas Legislation in 2015. The bill allows fire departments to have yearly fire dues placed on the real state tax statement and will allow the county tax collector to collect all the dues for each household in Prairie County that is in the Butlerville Fire District. The fire district is five road miles from the station. Most of Butlerville Fire District is in Lonoke County where the same ordinance was passed in September.

The dues will begin appearing on the statements in 2017 which will be for fire dues for the year 2016.

“Butlerville serves Lonoke and Prairie County with only about 40 % actually paying the now voluntary yearly dues. This move in finances will open up many new opportunities. One of our greatest goals is to lower our ISO rating which in turn will lower homeowners insurance up to 4050%. The lack of funds has been a hindrance for us to complete our goal due to cost of equipment, tools and fire trucks that are a requirement to meet ISO standards.

“The Butlerville Fire Department is all volunteer. We receive no compensation for time spent making emergency runs (Fire and EMS), training or work at the station. We do most of the repairs on our equipment because we don’t have the funds to pay someone to do it. The cost of

operations has exceeded the fire dues and the state turn back funds we collect each year. Many of the volunteer fire departments in the county and state are in the same finical situation. Fire dues have stayed the same for years, yet the cost of firefight equipment has continued to increase year after year.”

Bob Thornton, Butlerville Fire Chief Chief Thornton further advised the Court that there are 125 Prairie County residents now living within the Butlerville Fire District - compared to 600 Lonoke County residents. He also said that 10% of the total fire dues collected by Prairie County will be returned to the County for use by the various departments.

Among other items discussed in Tues-

day night’s meeting were: 1. Tuesday was last day to register to vote in Nov 8 election. Those registering my mail must’ve had postmarks NLT October 11.

2. Judge Mike Skarda informed the Court that a new bushhog was needed to maintain the county roads. Three bids are being obtained and will be presented to the Court at its November meeting. He reminded the Court that their next meeting will have to be delayed one week to Nov. 15 - because of the election on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

3. A couple of justices asked the Judge if a “Burn Ban” was in the offing? He answered negatively - that it wasn’t .... except as a “last resort”, because they are so disliked.

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Georgetta Ramsey Dale Taylor was was former retired from Clarendon resident Searcy firm Georgetta Burrow Ramsay and twin sister, Jo Anne, were born February 5, 1928 in Brinkley, Arkansas. One of 11 children, she was born to George and Annie Martin Burrow. She and Jo Anne were the second set of twin children and during growing up years, they lived on a farm near Clarendon. She was a graduate of Clarendon High School. After her father was killed in an accident, the family moved to the Allendale community to live. During that time, she attended the Assembly of God Church with the family.

Georgetta met the love of her life, Allen "Adair" Ramsay, while he was in Brinkley on leave from the Navy. They were married July 1, 1950 at Elizabeth City, NC. This union in time was blessed with three daughters and one son.

Blessed with a pleasant, outgoing personality, Georgetta, was lots of fun to be with and loved to go. With her husband being in the Navy for 20 years, she had the opportunity to live in a number of different states.

After his retirement they returned to Brinkley to make their home and this allowed her to spend time with the brothers and sisters. She and her brother Frank made several trips overseas, and she especially enjoyed their visit to Rome and the Vatican. In later years, she and her sister would often travel to Bryant to visit their sister, Juanita.

Lots of great memories were created during these times. Beside's traveling, she liked to play Bingo and go to flea markets.

Family was the center of Georgetta's life and as the children and grandchildren came along, her life became fulfilled. On Friday, October 7, at her daughter’s home in Heber Springs, and surrounded by the family she loved, the angels came to carry Georgetta home to be with the Lord.

Over her 88 years of life she left her imprint on the hearts of all who loved and cherished her.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her twin sister, Jo Anne Rogers, six other siblings, Elmer, Franklin and Bob Burrow, Ruth Foster, Zelma Burrow (Elmer's twin), and Juanita Bright.

She is survived by her children: Lamont Ramsay of Little Rock, Julie Weatherly and husband, Ronnie of Heber Springs, Sharon Jones and husband, Ray of Jonesboro, and Robbin Patton of Wheatley; brothers: Donald Burrow of Greenbrier and Leonard (Jo) Burrow of Beebe; sister: Jean (Don) Simpson of Brinkley; six grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were at 2 in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Ben Coulter officiating.

Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery at Brinkley. Pallbearers were Keith Settle, Kyle French, Richie Settle, Steve Holloway, Jody Cook and Curtis Burrow.

Edith L. Smith dies at Stuttgart Edith Lavern Smith, 61, of Stuttgart, lost her battle to cancer Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 with her family by her side.

Funeral service was held Saturday Oct. 8, at First Missionary Baptist Church, Stuttgart, at 11 a.m.

Professional services entrusted to and provided by: Relerford Funeral Home 301 South College Street Stuttgart, AR, 72160.

Willis Dale (Sonny/Son) Taylor, 86, of Searcy passed from this life on Saturday, October 8, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

He was born October 30, 1929 to the late Oran Jasper and JoAnna Azelea (Penn) Taylor in Providence, Arkansas.

Dale attended both the Providence and Plainview public schools, and was a Private 1st Class in the United States Army. Dale retired from Razorback Feed and Seed (formerly Kelso's Farm Supply) of Searcy, Arkansas, after a 35 year employment with the company. He attended Calvary Landmark Missionary Baptist Church of Judsonia, Arkansas. Dale loved his family, his friends, and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and music.

Left to cherish Dale's memory are his wife of 56 years, Orean (Moffitt) Taylor; two sons, Bryan Taylor (Donna) of Bono, and Kevin Taylor (Nina) of Judsonia; four grandchildren, one great-grandson, ; one brother, Glenn Taylor (Jo Ann) of Mt. Home, and one sister, Barbara Huntsman (James) of Searcy; and numerous family and friends.

In addition to his parents Dale was preceded in death by one sister, Neva (Taylor) Williams (Willard) of Judsonia.

Funeral Services were held Tuesday, October 11, at 2:00 p.m. at Searcy McEuen Chapel with burial following at White County Memorial Gardens.

Ruth Bearden, Searcy resident, burial Tuesday Ruth Althea Chesshir Bearden, 95, of Searcy, Arkansas, died Saturday, October 8, 2016.

She was born in Center Point, Arkansas on February 23, 1921 to the late Jordan and Jenny Fricks. She had lived the last four years in Searcy, Arkansas to be close to her niece, Jan Chesshir Morgan and Jan's husband , Paul.

While in Searcy Ruth lived three years at Harding Place where she enjoyed going to Bible studies and games of Bingo. The last year of her life she lived at Providence Assisted Living.

While in Searcy she was a member of and worshipped at College Church of Christ. Before moving to Searcy, Ruth lived in Texarkana, Charleston, and Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Mrs. Bearden worked in the business offices of Harding University and East Texas State University.

She loved her family, the church, traveling, crocheting, assembling jigsaw puzzles, her pets, and time with friends. Mrs. Bearden found enjoyment in life's simple moments. The scripture which describes her life well is I Timothy 6:6, "Godliness with contentment is great gain."

She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved daughter, Patricia Bearden Yick; her sisters, Betty Pack and Lena Hall; her brothers, Charles Chesshir, J.D. Chesshir, Walter Fricks Chesshir; and one nephew, Charles Delane Chesshir.

Survivors include sonin-law, Bill Yick of Copperas Cove, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside funeral services were Tuesday at 12:30 pm at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.

Arrangements by Powell Funeral Home of Searcy.

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Joy Palsa Mason, Carlisle resident, had local family

Frances Ewing Memorial service burial Saturday held Tuesday for at Center Point Dora L. Hoskyn

Joy Palsa Mason, 84, of Carlisle, died peacefully on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Lakewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Little Rock due to complications from Alzheimer’s. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith in God and the love and prayers of family and friends lessened her burden in her final days.

A longtime resident of Carlisle, and a regular, active member of the First Baptist Church of Carlisle for decades, Joy was a faithful servant to God. As a loyal member of the Bible Study Fellowship for 8 years, she loved her church and much of her life was spent in service of it.

Joy was born in Woodlawn, Arkansas (Lonoke County) on August 8, 1932 to parents, John Edward and Carra (Johnson) Palsa who both preceded her in death. In 1949, the same year she graduated from Carlisle High School, she married her husband for the next 53 years, William Archie Mason, Jr. Known for her kind and gentle disposition and strength from faith and family, Joy was a loving and compassionate wife, mother, and friend. Along with her dedication to church and family, Joy was an administrative assistant for the Superintendent of Carlisle Schools for years and also spent time in the trust department at Citizen’s Bank & Trust in Carlisle. She also was involved in several other civic organizations including the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce, Progressive Club and especially, the Carlisle Alumni Association.

In addition to her brothers, Jim (Jean) Palsa of Winchester, Arkansas and Tim (Sue) Palsa of Carlisle, Joy is survived by her two children, John William Mason (len) of Sherwood and LaQuita Mason Bennett (Billy) of Carlisle and three grandchildren, John Mason Bennett (Miranda) of Oxford, Mississippi; Chad Michael Bennett (Brea) of Carlisle, and Amber Bennett Bynum (Martin) of Little Rock, and eight great-grandchildren, Lily Bennett and Weston Bennett; Mary Mason Bennett, Bennett, and Brooks Walker Bennett; Bennett Bynum, LauraBeth Bynum and Welles Bynum and many other beloved nieces, nephews, friends and relatives.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 A.M. today, October 13, at the First Baptist Church in Carlisle.

Burial was in the Carlisle Cemetery by Westbrook Funeral Home of Hazen.

Memorials in memory of Joy can be made to the Carlisle Alumni Association, 825 East 6th Street, Carlisle, Arkansas 72024.

Frances Louise White Ewing, 89, of Stuttgart passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at Baptist Health-Stuttgart.

Mrs. Ewing was born May 4, 1927, in Hazen to Harrison and Mary Jane Goacher Fisher. She was a former sales clerk at CokerHampton Drug Co. and Belk-Jones in Stuttgart. She was a charter member of Park Avenue Missionary Baptist Church.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Troy C. White Sr.; her second husband, Troy Ewing; three brothers, Gene Vail, George Vail and Ed Vail; and one sister, Leta Pearl Perry.

Survivors are three sons, Buddy White of El Paso, David (Pam) White of Sherwood and Rickey (Sydney) White of Stuttgart; six grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services, officiated by Bro. Heath Loftis, were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Park Avenue Missionary Baptist Church in Stuttgart.

Burial followed in the Center Point Cemetery near Hazen.

The family requests memorials to Park Avenue Missionary Baptist Church, P.O. Box 983, Stuttgart, AR, 72160, or the donor’s choice.

Marlin Griffin dies at Augusta Marlin Stanley Griffin, age 67, of Augusta, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2016. He was born on April 30, 1949 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Glenn and Cena (Dacus) Griffin.

Marlin loved all animals and especially loved his dog, Dixie. He loved football, running track and driving a truck. He had a very kind heart and helped his sister Jackie out a lot in her life.

Marlin is survived by one sister, Jackie Bratcher of Augusta; one niece, Tori Ella Shaban of Sherwood; one nephew, Ronnie Joe “Trea” Shaban, III of Augusta; one dog, Dixie; several cousins; host of family and friends.

A Memorial Service was Friday, October 7, at 2 p.m. at Rhodes & Son Funeral Home, Augusta. Arrangements by Rhodes & Son Funeral Home, Augusta & McCrory.

Charlotte Wolfe, Austin resident, died October 7 Charlotte Gunter Wolfe, 82, of Austin, died Friday, October 7, 2016. She was born January 29, 1934 in the 16th Section Community of Lonoke County to the late J.T. Gunter and Berthal Fiddler Gunter. She was a member of 16th Section United Methodist Church for 40 years. She was an advocate of education; this quality was instilled by her parents who were educators. She loved people and therefore she was a staunch Democrat.

She loved sports, especially her Razorbacks. She began her formal education at 16th Section School in 1940, and graduated from Cabot High School in 1951, where she played basketball, and later earned her Associates Degree.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Richard Wolfe.

She is survived by her daughter, Jacque Sumler (Tommy) of Austin; sisters, Barbara Troutman (Charlie) and Lana Carter; brother, Joe T. Gunter (Diane), all of Austin; grandchildren, Kristen and Cassi Sumler; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral service was Monday, October 10, at Sixteenth Section Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m. officiated by Pastor Carol Grace.

Interment followed in Sixteenth Section Cemetery.

Arrangements by Moore’s Cabot Funeral Home

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Dora Lou Hoskyn, 73, of Stuttgart, Arkansas, passed away, October 8, 2016.

She was born July 12, 1943, in Brewer, Arkansas.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Ozella Wilson, and sister, Sue Holcombe.

Dora Lou is survived by her husband of 53 years, Thomas Charles (Tommy) Hoskyn; sister and brotherin-law, Syble and Gregory Fischer of Stuttgart; daughter, Angie Hoskyn Carlock of Bryant, Arkansas; son and daughter-in-law, Dusty and Susan Hoskyn of Toltec, Arkansas; grandchildren and their spouses Dora Lou was a dedicated Christian and active member of Grand Avenue United Methodist Church in Stuttgart for 53 years. She found joy in serving the Lord in whatever capacity was needed and held many positions there. She devoted her life to serving others and used her talents in her community of Stuttgart.

A Memorial Service will was held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, at Grand Avenue United Methodist Church in Stuttgart, with Reverend Allen Hoskyn officiating.

The Committal Service was at Lone Tree Cemetery Chapel in Stuttgart.

Turpin Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements,

Service Monday at Searcy for R. K.Yarbrough Robert Keith Yarbrough, age 57, of Searcy, died Friday, October 7, 2016 in Searcy. He was born November 29, 1958 in Searcy to Robert Elton Yarbrough and Mary Lois Huntsman Yarbrough.

Keith was a faithful member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, worked at Land-O-Frost and was a life-long farmer.

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Lisa Yarbrough; three sons, Robert Colby Yarbrough and wife Rikki of Keith Colton Beebe, Yarbrough of Searcy, Levi Chase Yarbrough of Searcy; one grandson, Royce Robert Yarbrough of Beebe; parents, Robert and Mary Yarbrough of Searcy; two sisters, Deborah Lynn Reed and husband Danny of Searcy, Lois Ann Dunn and husband Mark of Searcy; and mother and father-inlaw, Dale and Ann Wortham of Hickory Flat. Funeral services wereMonday at 10:00 am at Powell Funeral Home Chapel in Searcy.

Dorothy Flanagan

Dorothy Flanagan, former county official, dies Dorothy M. Flanagan, 88, of Des Arc passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016, in Conway, AR where she had lived for the past year to be near her daughter, Barbara.

Dorothy fell in her home in June and suffered two broken ribs. She never fully recovered from that injury and was in Salem Place Nursing Home in Conway at the time of her death.

Dorothy was born in northeast Arkansas on March 20, 1928 to parents Roy and Mabel Pittman, and was the first of their nine children.

She married Bob Flanagan in 1944 and they moved to Des Arc in 1950 after purchasing farm land here. Dorothy began working at the Phillips Van Heusen Shirt Factory in Brinkley Arkansas in 1954, riding the bus between Des Arc and Brinkley each day.

She transferred to the Des Arc Van Heusen factory after its opening and continued to work there until 1965 when she went to work for the late Clifford Barlow in the Prairie County Treasurer’s office at the courthouse in Des Arc. After Mr. Barlow retired in 1984, Dorothy was elected Treasurer in 1985 and served in that office until her retirement in 1994.

Dorothy is survived by her two daughters, Barbara Ruby (husband David) of Conway and Sue of Gavilan Hills, California, and their children and grandchildren. She is also survived by six sisters and two brothers; Eloise of West Memphis, Elroy of Jonesboro, Ellen of Hardy, Helen of Oklahoma, Linda of Morrilton, Kathleen of Dallas, David of Florida and Danny of Oregon.

Dorothy always stated her mind and wouldn’t hesitate to say “I just don’t want to,” when asked why she didn’t attend an event or gathering. In keeping with her nature, Dorothy elected to be cremated and insisted that no service be held. She told her family to go to lunch together, celebrate her life, and share funny stories about her.

“We will honor her wishes”, they said.

Our Thanks!

With grateful and humble hearts, we extend our thanks for all the kindnesses and expressions of sympathy shown us at the sudden death of our sweet daughter-in-law, Faber’s wife, Jane. She was a precious person.

We loved her and will miss her.

The Horne Family Gene and Matilda Martha and Faber

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By Rev. Dee Harper

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Work: 870-256-3757 - Cell: 501-593-8978 e-mail: cdharper1979@yahoo.com

Sermon: Doors: Open the Doors Scripture: Revelation 3:14-22 Once Jesus told this parable. H said, “The farm of a certain rich man produced a terrific crop. He talked to himself: ‘What can I do? My barn isn’t big enough for this harvest.’ Then he said, ‘Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll gather in all my grain and goods, and I’ll say to myself, Self, you’ve done well!

You’ve got it made and can now retire.

Take it easy and have the time of your life!’

“Just then God showed up and said, ‘Fool! Tonight you die. And your barnful of goods—who gets it?’

That’s what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God. In a similar way God challenges the church at Laodicea in our scripture today. You see the town of Laodicea had a booming economy. It was known for its’ many banks, its’ medical teachings and special medicines were produced there. It was also known for its’ clothing industry and produced a very prized black wool that was saught after. The church and the community were very prosperous in many ways that people had a very large opinion of themselves.

The town was hit with two earthquakes. The first time it was hit the emperor helped them to rebuild. The second time they were so well off that they told the emperor that they were alright they could pay for it themselves.

Even the land that the city was built on was raised up on a plane as if to highlight the communities prominence at that time.

But listen to Jesus’ judgment of the church. He says, “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.”

You see the problem was that the church had modeled their faith on the attitudes of the community versus those of God. They apparently had adopted a ethos that, “God helps those who help themselves.” They did not look to God to support them - they thought they could do it themselves.

This is what Jesus says, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot, I wish you were either one or the other!” As a result, he will spit or vomit them out.

Now many people when they read this zero in on this passage and they think okay God is saying he wants this church to either be for him or against him but not lukewarm, not halfway. So people read this passage as a verse about passion.

However, I don’t think that is quite what is being said. You see one of the

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only things from a temporal point of view that the people in Leodicea lacked was a good source of water. And so they had to create aqueducts that would bring water from two sources from towns nearby. It received hot water from the North in a town called Hierapolis, which was famous for its’ soothing and restoring hot springs.

Refreshing cold water came from the south, 11 miles away in Colossae which we talked about last week. They received this cold water from snow melting off the mountains. Unfortunately for the Laodiceans, by the time the water reached them it was lukewarm.

As a result, it was neither refreshing nor restoring.

So what Jesus is saying here is that the church in Laodicea’s discipleship was basically unremarkable, it was not useful. It existed but really didn’t make an impact in its’ community. It was basically taking up space. It was content to do things on its’ own versus asking what God would want them to do.

Can you see how we might fall into that trap also? Consider our situation, though we have our own issues, America is still one of the wealthiest nations in the world. We are prosperous in many ways, and yet that prosperity can blind us to our own spiritual need and also our call to love others as we love ourselves.

In the movie “The Bishop’s wife” the Bishop, played by David Niven, is so focused on building this grand cathedral that he loses track of his God given purpose which was to worship God and be a blessing to others around him including his wife. He was focused on building this building, and even willing to basically sell the naming rights to a bitter, miserable, old rich woman. He has to have some divine help in order to see what he has lost sight of.

At the end of this verse Jesus says Listen! I am standing outside the door knocking if you hear my voice open the door. Then he says he wants to come in, to be with them. But they’re too busy doing everything themselves, and have forgotten to find all their need in Him. Also, I believe that Jesus isn’t just challenging the church to let Him in, but to follow him out to the people around them. To let go of the need to guard the possessions that they cling to, to come out to the people that are around them that need to hear the good news and to experience the compassion of Jesus. What if God is calling for us to do that today? May God bless you this week.

Brother Dee

DES ARC HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964

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Club presidents with Exchange students: Chris Weems, Pia Feliu, Judy Foot, and Gara Rivera.

The girls all live in much larger cities but they say, “we like the small town and the school.”

Club presidents in joint meeting with exchange students at Hazen school Chris Weems was the hostess for a joint meeting of the GFWC Clubs, the Ruth Barrett Fox Club and Elsie McCain Club of Hazen as they hosted the Foreign Exchange students at the Hazen School with a buffet supper.

The meeting was held in the Swilley Lodge behind the two houses. The building is home to about 12 antique tractors and other farm equipment and one 1957 Mercury.

Hazen High School has four girls and one guy from Spain, Germany, and Switzerland. Berti Feliu, 10th grade, is from Barcelona, Spain and is staying with the Tina and Matt Gladish family, They live in Carlisle but the girls (Berta and Lexi Nicholas) come back to Hazen for school.

Gara Rivera, 11th grade, is staying with Bliss and Filip Prine. She is from the Canary Islands, a part of Spain. Pia Steinke, 10th grade, stays with Crystal Mauk and her family, Jerry and Randa. She is from Bremen, Germany.

The two students who were unable to attend are Elli Gschwendtner, 11th grade, lives with Carl and Kim Anderson. She is from Germany. The only guy in the group, Gianni Adami, 11th grade, lives with Linton and Candy Weems. He and Hayden Weems play football and were in practice Monday until 8:00 p.m.

Each of the girls told some of the things she likes about the USA and how she decided to come here for a year of school.

One of the girls from Spain likes to eat at the Olive Garden and all she said they like all the American food they have tried.

They are looking forward to Winter in Arkansas. Gara hopes we will have snow because they don’t get snow where she lives.

They will go meet other Exchange students during Thanksgiving and during Christmas Holidays.

Mrs. Weems, president of her club, introduced members of the Elsie McCain Club and Judy Foot, president of the Ruth Barrett Fox Club introduced

her club members.

They had some time before the meal to talk as they waited for the football players. Then, Candy Weems called to say they’ll be at football until 8:00 o’clock.

The group decided they would go ahead and eat.

All who attended were surprised to see the living parts of the building are more or less in each corner.

The television is mounted about five feet high in a corner and can be seen from nearly all over. Being a school night, they had homework and tests the next day.

Those attending besides the Club presidents and the Exchange Students were Gail Cox and Barbara Rogers of the Ruth Barrett Fox Club,Nell Pich, Libby Hutson, Rita Farris, and Meg Miller, Elsie McCain Club, and guests, Crystal Mauk and Randa, Bliss Prine and Lexi Nicholas.

The next meeting of the Elsie McCain Club will be Thursday, October 13, at 6:00 p.m. with Libby Hutson hostess, at Murry’s Restaurant, Hazen

Ewing and Weems recognized at state meet

By Chris Weems

James Morris, president of Arkansas Retired Teachers Association from Harrison, presided for the opening session and gave the welcome. There were approximately 300 retiree's attending from all over Arkansas, Lloyd Black, Little Rock, gave the invocation. The national anthem was played by the Watson Chapel Jazz band. The band made up of 23 members played as the group was asbefore the sembling meeting.

Paul House, Jonesboro, read the Governor’s Proclamation in which Governor Asa Hutchinson declared September 27, 2016 as Arkansas State Retired Teachers’ Day. Sharon Rapp ARTA secretary is moving out of State. Sue West, Heber Springs was elected to replace her as secretary After a break, the group

could choose from among seven Breakout sessions during two time periods.

The topics were: Mistakes in Retirement, Part I or II; “Travel with Collette;” Fraud Protection; A Caregiver’s Guide; and Health Literacy. The two sessions ran concurrently with a break between.

A buffet lunch was served.

A silent auction was in progress throughout the morning and until 1:00 p.m. The proceeds will go for the Scholarship Fund to assist a teacher working on a Master’s Degree.

James Morris presided during the luncheon program. He introduced the AR Teacher of the Year, Meghan Ables. She talked about her teaching experiences, Paulette Parker presided for the other Individual Achievement Awards. Community ServiceAwards went to Saline County for Community

project with Phillips County, first runner-up.

The Outstanding Youth Project went to Washington County Unit. North Pulaski RTA in Pulaski County was top in Community Volunteer hours with Grant County first in Youth Volunteer hours. In Total Volunteer Hours North Pulaski RTA was first.

Kathie Ewing and Chris Weems, of Prairie County, were recognized for having more than 1,000 volunteerhours.

The next regular meeting of PCRTA will be Tuesday, October 18 at 1:00 p.m. at El Amigo, Hazen, according to Thelma Gray, president. An insurance representative will speak to the group and be available for special questions “retiree's can find out if they need to make any changes in their present plan”. All retiree's are invited to attend the Dutch Treat Lunch.

Citizens of District 2 I come to you again to ask for your vote and support in the upcoming election.

We will have three newly elected county officials after the election. We could also have three newly elected Justices of the Peace. This would strip the court of the only experienced budget members, leaving a blind court to watch over the county budgets.

The Quorum Court’s job is to watch over the taxpayers’ money, and an absence of experienced court members who understand the budget process, would make it very hard for the court to keep a careful watch on how your tax dollars are being spent.

There are always going to be changes in the court members, and that can be good, but this is not the time for a complete change.

I ask you to vote for Experience and Vote for the Re-election of Lawrence Holloway for District 2, Prairie County Quorum Court Pol Ad Paid By Lawrence Holloway

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S o c i a l E v e n t s a n d A n n o u n c e m e n ts ts A Happy Ending Story . . .

Please join our family in this joyous occasion when

Alton & Remona Osborne Celebrate their Golden Anniversary !

Together with their 5 children and 9 grandchildren, it would be an honor to have your presence in helping us celebrate 50 years of memories and stories of our parents.

We would be delighted to hear stories from all Daddy’s friends at ABF, where he was employed for 32 years. Equally so, all Mom’s friends from the Cabot School District where she was employed for 32 years are surely full of stories to share.

Saturday, October 22, 2016 Rolling Hills Country Club, Cabot, Ar From 2:00pm until 4:00pm CDT Mom and Dad have requested no gifts please. Just your attendance, laughter, and walks down memory lane are all the gifts they desire. Come and stay the whole time, or drop in as you can.

Either way, your presence will be appreciated !

Freida Burnett graduated from Des Arc High School in 1964. Right after graduation, she went to DC where she lived for the next ten years. She lived in Clear Lake, Texas a few years and in 1982, she moved to Ashville, North Carolina.

During the 1986-87 school year, Freida’s daughter, who was a freshman in high school at the time, wore her mother’s high school graduation class ring to school and lost it. They searched frantically but it was nowhere to be found.

Spring forward 29 years to 2016: At the North Buncombe High School in Weaverville, N. C., assistant athletic director and head football coach, Curtis Cagle, who had been at the school two years, decided it was time to clean out a desk. When he reached inside a drawer he found a class ring. In examining the ring, Cagle found 1964 Des Arc High School and the initials FSB engraved inside the band.

Freida Burnett wearing DAHS ring lost 29 years Cagle then contacted Robbie Weaver, Des Arc High School secretary, and related the information he had.

Weaver took a look at the large composite photographs that hang in the hallway at the high school. These include a large picture of the 1964 class. She looked through the names and found Freida’s name and thus the wheels started in motion.

After being lost for 29 years, the ring has been returned to a very happy Freida, pictured here wearing her class ring.

Freida is the daughter of the late Emmett and Gertrude Burnett. She has two grandchildren and four grandchildren. She is retired from the National Climatic Data Center.

DAHS Class of 1964 in reunion October 22 The Des Arc High School graduating Class of 1964 will be holding their class reunion Saturday, October 22 at the American Agriculture Building located on Highway 11 North, Des Arc. Graduates will meet at 1:oo p.m. for a potluck of

Locals Betty Holland Henry of Damascus and friend, Lori Roeder, of Quitman were in Des Arc last Friday evening for the Des Arc-East Poinsett football game. They came a little early and enjoyed having dinner at Dondie’s. They stopped by the Journal office for Betty to discuss the possible whereabouts of her brother’s, James Holland, Jr., children. She was trying to contact them about his passing.

The Holland family were Des Arc residents in the ‘80’s. If anyone has information about James Holland Jr., call Betty at 501-335-7021.

---------Prayers are sent to the Lightsey Family. Haley was hospitalized for infection and will have to stay for at least a week.

YOUNG QUILTERS - The Prairie Piecemakers Extension Homemakers Club offered a beginner quilt block class for youth ages 9-19 on October 8 at the Prairie County Fairgrounds recently. Three youth learned how to select fabric, cut, and sew together a nine patch quilt block which they then made into a pillow. Photo - left to right Angela Hoover, Jolie Spratt, Kolby Fox

Entry deadline approaching for 40th Annual Princess Rice pageant The GFWC of AR Ruth Barrett Fox Club of Hazen announces the 40th Annual Princess Rice Pageant. The pageant is open statewide to girl’s ages 3 through the 12th grade and boys ages 35 years old. Deadline for the entry is Friday, October 21, 2016. Late applications will not be accepted this year. Practice will be held at the Hazen Community Center on Front Street at the time indicated on the entry form. There will be a Photogenic contest for ages 3 up to 12th grade for a $10 entry fee.

The traditional “Pretty Baby” photogenic contest will be held in conjunction with the pageant. All babies 0 - 36 months are invited to enter.This year’s pageant will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 6:00 pm at the Hazen Community Center on Front Street in Hazen.

If you are interested in entering the pageant or Pretty Baby Contest, you may pick up entry forms at the following locations.

You may also contact Judy

Foot at (870)830-3733.

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Stuttgart - Maynard and Company; and at Des Arc, DeWitt, Clarendon, Gillett and England public schools.

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fingerfoods. The evening meal will be at Dondies.

Graduates are urged to bring canned food items to donate to the Prairie County Food Bank.

Graduates before and after 1964 are invited to attend.

If you should have questions, please contact Donna Uland Rollins at 870-509-0477.

“Please attend any or all of these opportunities to visit, catch up and reminisce,” Donna said.

Couples Wedding Shower honoring

Rivers Mote and Donovan Gilmore Sunday, October 16 2:00-4: oo p.m.

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Delicious Cheesy Recipes From the kitchen of Rev. Jaimie Alexander, Senior Pastor at United Methodist Church, Bella Vista, Ar Jaimie Alexander

Cheese seems to always make things so delicious!

This weeks recipes all share the common ingredient of cheese and are baked in the oven. The Baked Three Cheese Dip is so good, its hard to not want a second serving Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese and Baked Spaghetti, and the cheese straws are great to snack on or serve instead of crackers.

So tie on your apron, preheat the oven, and enjoy preparing these great recipes using cheese!

Baked Three Cheese Dip

West Central Bean Bag Baseball team visiting at Senior Citizens Center

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By Barbara Williams, Site Director www.facebook.com/desarcseniorcitizencenter

We hope everyone enjoyed Columbus Day if you had the day off. Monday we had a Practice Bean Bag Baseball Game and played Dominoes. Tuesday we took the van out to Cabot and went shopping at Catos and ate lunch out at the Hibachi Grill. We were very surprised to hear our waitress come by to tell us that our entire bill had been paid and graciously give thanks to the humble person that did that, what a treat! Wednesday was our

wonderful home made Breakfast and Bingo and beautiful piano playing and singing by our own Mrs. Linda Petty. Thursday we played a Bean Bag Baseball game here against West Central. We enjoyed our defeat by visiting with the opposing team during our lunch meal. Friday we had Bean Bag Baseball practice again, worked puzzles that afternoon, and had our recycle barrel out front to collect aluminum cans. Next week we will start out by

doing a Fall craft Monday morning. Tuesday we are going to take the van out to Beebe and work at Wilber D. Mills Education Center.

Thursday we will have another Bean Bag Baseball game here against the Lonoke Senior Center. God Bless and have a great weekend!

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Bobbie Merrell with the Des Arc Public Library was here to bring us new reading material and to do a craft with us.

The Disciples were here on Friday with their uplifting music. We always enjoy them coming.

We had our Yard Sale Saturday, October 8. The weather was a little cool but soon warmed up as the day went by.

The Des Arc United Methodist Church and the Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist Church were here on Sunday for services and fellowship.

Mr. Carroll Denton came by on Monday to help us with our excercises. We also played Bingo and had TV time.

Tuesday, we were shopping for the residents and had Story Time with Kayci Greenwood in the evening.

Bro. Mike Crider came by for Bible Study on

Wednesday. The Ice Cream Truck was here, also.

Today, Thursday, we will have Bean Bag Toss in the morning and will have a Big Screen TV movie in the afternoon. We will also play games.

The Disciples will be back with us Friday. We will play Bingo in the afternoon and will watch the news on TV and play Dominoes.

Saturday, October 15 is “I Love Lucy” Day. Our Assembly of God friends will be here for fellowship, games and snacks in the afternoon.

Sunday services will be with the Des Arc United Methodist Church and Faith Missionary Baptist Church.

Monday, Carroll Denton will be here for our weekly workout and our Resident Council will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

We will be taking a Road Trip next Thursday. Won-

der where we will go? The fall leaves are beginning to turn. Maybe a tour to see the fall folliage?

Who knows!

Our Alzheimers Walk will be Saturday, October 29.

We will have a booth at the Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival.

Kayci will be by to bring us Story Time in the evening. Bro. Mike will stop by for Bible Study and we will have games, snacks and our Resident Birthday Party is coming up soon.

Also, the little Trick or Treaters will be out for Halloween.

The residents enjoy seeing the children in their costumes.

Come out to visit with us. We love to laugh and have a good time.

That is all for this week.

So until next time, have a blessed rest of the week!

Teresa Henley’ Activity Director

Barbara Holmes hosts October meeting of Oak Prairie EHC The regular monthly meeting of the Oak Prairie Extension Homemakers Club was held on Thursday, October 6 with Barbara Holmes as hostess.

President, Dora Holloway called the meeting to order and read The Thought, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

The Inspiration was given by Barbara. She read a poem titled, “The Shoe Man”.

Roll Call was answered by seven members with “Name an item you think would make a good composting material.”

There were 140 Volunteer hours of work turned in by members.

During the business meeting, the secretary, Janice Bell read the minutes of the September meeting.

They were approved by the group.

The Delta District President’s Day is Thursday, Oct. 20 at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart.

The group discussed the Fall County Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Hicks Family Farm in Lonoke County.

The cost will be $7.00 per person.

There will be a work day at the Paririe County Fair Exhibit building on Wednesday, November 2 to make lap robes for patients at SpringBrook Health and Rehabilitation Center at Hazen.

We were reminded of the

Hazen Rice Festival on Sat., October 29 in Hazen.

Our program topic, “Composting” was given by Dora. A good discussion followed.

The meeting adjourned with the group repeating the Homemakers Prayer in unison.

During the recreational period, prizes went to Janice Bell, Merry Sue Hill and Dora Holloway. Refreshments were served by the hostess.

Food Pantry items were collected for the Prairie County Food Bank, the annual club project.

The next meeting will be held on Mon., October 31 with Merry Sue Hill as hostess.

1/2 cup mayonnaise One 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese 1/2 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese 2 green onions, finely chopped 1 dash cayenne pepper 8 butter crackers, crushed, such as Ritz 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled Corn chips, crackers or bagel chips, for serving Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.In a medium bowl, mix the mayonnaise, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack Cheese, green onions and cayenne pepper. Transfer the mixture to a shallow baking dish, such as a 9-inch pie pan.

Top the mixture with the cracker crumbs and bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.Remove the pan from the oven and top with the bacon. Serve immediately with corn chips, crackers or bagel chips.

Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese Macaroni: unsalted butter for the dish 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 pound elbow macaroni with ridges Cheese Sauce: 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 4 tablespoons all purpose flour 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 cups milk 2 cups grated sharp C h e d d a r Topping: 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted For the macaroni: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Butter a 2-quart baking dish. Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil in a large saucepan

Add the salt and macaroni.

Bring the water back to a boil and cook the macaroni until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain well.

For the cheese sauce: Meanwhile, melt the butter in a 1-quart saucepan.

Using a wire whisk, stir in the flour and salt, stirring and cooking over medium heat until the roux bubbles and the flour turns pale brown, about 3 minutes.

Slowly whisk in 1 cup of the milk and then whisk in the remaining 1 cup milk. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens. Add the cheese and stir until it melts. Add the drained macaroni to the cheese sauce and mix thoroughly.For the topping: In a small bowl, stir the breadcrumbs with the butter until the crumbs are moistened.Transfer the macaroni and cheese to the prepared baking dish and top with the buttered breadcrumbs. Bake until the dish bubbles around the edges, about 15 minutes.

Baked Spaghetti Cooking spray for greasing pan 6 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 garlic clove, minced 1 medium onion, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped Three 14 1/2-ounce cans diced tomatoes with liquid One 2 1/4-ounce can sliced black olives, drained 1 to 2 tablespoons dried oregano 1 pound ground beef browned and drained 12 ounces thin spaghetti, cooked and drained 2 cups grated cheddar (5 ounces) One 10-ounce can cream of mushroom soup 1/4 cup grated Parmesan Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13by-2-inch baking dish with cooking spray.=In a large skillet, cook the bacon until slightly crisp. With a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain. Sauté the garlic, onion and bell pepper in the bacon drippings until tender. Add the tomatoes, olives, oregano, bacon and the cooked ground beef and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.Place half of the spaghetti in the prepared baking dish; top with half of the vegetable-beef mixture; and sprinkle with 1 cup of

the cheddar. Repeat the layers. In a bowl, stir together the cream of mushroom soup and 1/4 cup water until smooth, and pour this over the casserole. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and bake, uncovered, for 30 to 35 minutes, or until heated through.

Cheese Straws Three 10-ounce bricks sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded cold then left at room temperature 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 4 cups sifted all purpose flour 2 teaspoons salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper Dash of garlic powder Cooking spray Special equipment: cookie press with a star tip Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.Put the softened cheese and butter in the bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer. Using the heaviest mixer paddle attachment, beat until the mixture has the consistency of whipped, 15 to 30 minutes.In a large bowl, sift 3 cups of the flour with the salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic powder.

Gradually add the seasoned flour to the cheese mixture by large spoonfuls, beating well after each addition. Add the remaining 1 cup unseasoned flour incrementally until the dough is somewhat stiff but still soft enough to be pushed through a cookie press; you may not need to add all the flour.Lightly spray 4 cookie sheets with cooking spray. Put a portion of the dough into a cookie press fitted with the star tube and press the dough onto a cookie sheet in long strips that run the length of the pan. Repeat until the pan is full. Bake until straws are golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes.With your hands or a sharp knife, break or cut the long strips into 3-inch lengths. Use a flat, thin egg turner to remove the cheese strips from the pan. Allow them to cool on a wire rack. When they are completely cool, serve or store in a tightly covered container. Cook's Note: If you don't have a cookie press, form the dough into 1-inch balls and flatten them with a fork.

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This month, as we honor those whose lives were tragically cut short by breast cancer and as we stand with their families, let

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Biscoe EHC exhibit at County Fair This exhibit won 2nd place in the educational exhibits at the Prairie County Fair recently. Their display was ‘Deskercise…Exercises You Can Do While Sitting.’ Examples of the exercises were shown in photos of Biscoe members and handouts.

Biscoe E.H. Club members plan holiday activities

By Mitzi Osborne Eleven members of the Biscoe EHC met on Monday, October 10, at the Biscoe First Baptist Church at 10:30 am. Those in attendance were Mitzi Osborne, Janice Corpier, Rebecca Patterson, Gladys Tucker, Bernadette Mosby, Brenda Prince, June Cox, Juanita Hutchinson, Rita Farris, Clara Lightsey, and Lennie Holmes.

President Osborne opened the meeting with the Thought of the Day. Hutchinson read the poem, ‘Victory,’ by Helen Steiner Rice as the inspiration.

Secretary Corpier called roll and collected volunteer hours which were 234.5 hours. Several members worked at the fair accumulating many hours. She then read the minutes from September.

Treasurer Hutchinson gave the financial report.

With no unfinished business, members discussed numerous items of new business: Chose recipient for the November LOVE Box Made plans for the November Potluck meeting to be hosted by Bernadette Mosby at her home in Hazen on November 14 Carpooling plans to the Delta District Meeting in Stuttgart on November 20…meet at the DeValls Bluff Courthouse to leave at 9:00 am.

Carpooling plans to the Fall Council Meeting at the Hicks Family Farm near Cabot on November 18… meet at the church to leave at 8:30 am.

Made plans for the county wide service project work day on November 2 at the fair activity building to

make Busy Blankets for Alzheimer patients. Members are to take items to attach to the blankets and a sack lunch.

Voted to participate in the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Boxes for Children as the club’s annual Christmas project. Each member is to fill a shoebox with toys, school supplies, hygienic items, etc. and bring to the November club meeting.

Bernadette Mosby, program leader for October, presented a lesson on composting. She shared a poster she had prepared to illustrate items that make good compost material.

She discussed how to make a compost, the care of it, and items not to include and why. She gave each member a handout with directions and suggestions.

For eye openers, Janice Corpier showed a whimsical purse she had created for a women’s conference using a coffee container.

June Cox displayed several Christmas crafts and explained how to make them.

October birthdays celebrated with a card shower were Mitzi Osborne and Darline Sickel. June Cox won the door prize. Hostess Mitzi Osborne served refreshments. Brenda Prince volunteered to deliver the LOVE Box. The meeting adjourned with the Homemaker’s Prayer.

Biscoe EHC meets the second Monday of each month at 10:30 am. at the Biscoe Baptist Fellowship Hall (except for special occasions).

Visitors/new members are welcome.

Come join in the fun, education, fellowship and volunteering!

All six members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation have earned Friend of Farm Bureau distinction, and will be recognized with the honor over the next two weeks in ceremonies to be held across the state.

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, plus House of Representatives members Rick Crawford, Steve Womack, French Hill, and Bruce Westerman each demonstrated support for agriculture and exceeded the required voting threshold on issues of importance, according to Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau.

The Friend of Farm Bureau award is given at the end of each Congress to those nominated by Arkansas Farm Bureau and approved by the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors. Voting records on key legislative issues important to agriculture are considered in the nomination. Among the issues considered were regulatory and tax reform, transportation and infrastructure legislation and international trade.

“We are fortunate in Arkansas that all six members of our congressional delegation understand the importance of agriculture to our state’s economy,” said Veach, a thirdgeneration row-crop farmer from Manila (Mississippi County). “We work very closely with our congressional delegation, and their staffs, to make them aware of any impacts proposed legislation could have on the men and women of agriculture.

“This award is based upon several measurements: the member’s voting records on AFBF’s priority issues established by the Board of Directors, the number of bills a member has sponsored and co-sponsored, specific leadership role for Farm Bureau on priority issues, and how accessible and responsive that member has been to Farm Bureau members and leaders.”

Events to officially present the awards are set for the following sites: Rep. Steve Womack – Oct. 12, 2:30 p.m., Benton County Farm Bureau, Bentonville; Sen. John Boozman – Oct. 13, 10:30 a.m., Farm Bureau Center, Little Rock; Sen. Tom Cotton – Oct. 21, 9 a.m., Farm Bureau Center, Little Rock; Rep. Rick Crawford – Oct. 24, 10 a.m., Craighead County Farm Bureau, Jonesboro; Rep. Rep. French Hill – Oct. 24, 3 p.m., Farm Bureau Center, Little Rock; Rep. Bruce Westerman – Oct. 25, 10:45 a.m., Clark County Farm Bureau, Arkadelphia.

“The ability of our government to support a food-production system that meets the needs of the citizens of our country – and many parts of the world – is critical to our nation’s stability and our ability to support allies around the globe,” Veach said. “The production of food should be a priority for our nation and our federal support programs should result in a safe and affordable supply of food, fiber and shelter for our citizens.

“As the largest business sector in Arkansas – larger than tourism, larger than health care, larger than retail – agriculture is the backbone of our state’s economy. Within the state, agriculture accounts for roughly 20 percent of all jobs. Domestically, agriculture is the only industry sector with a net-positive international trade surplus.”

Six Things to Know About Farm Loans

By Brande Plotnick You may be wondering how you can get the cash needed to start a new farming business or how you can expand your existing farm. Obtaining a loan for your farm is a significant financial decision that can have a lasting impact on your livelihood.

Arming yourself with knowledge about what kinds of programs are available will help you make a wise decision, so here are six things you need to know.

1.Most farm loans are best suited for beginnings — According to the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, resources of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are aimed at helping the next generation of family farmers and those who are not served by commercial credit sources.

2. Farm loans are made available by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) — The FSA is a collection of agencies that is dedicated to helping farmers just starting out, and it should be the first place new farmers look for financing, the Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA) advises.

3.There are strict criteria for obtaining an FSA loan — According to the CFRA, new farmers must meet the following criteria to be considered for financing: They must have been in farming for more than three years, but fewer than 10; they must not be eligible for financing elsewhere; they must agree to borrower training; and they must not own farmland in excess of 30 percent of the average farm size in their county.

4.There are guaranteed loans and direct loans —

Arkansas Ballot Issues Voter Guide With seven ballot issues to decide in November, your five minutes in the voting booth might fly by. Go prepared by reading the 2016 Arkansas Ballot Issues Voter Guide published by the Public Policy Center at the Cooperative Extension Service.

The voter guide summarizes all seven ballot issues and includes a worksheet you can take with you to help remember how you wanted to vote on each issue.

You can also access the voter guide at www.uaex.edu/ballot and find links for each of the ballot issues.

The Public Policy Center has published neutral summaries on every statewide ballot issue since 2004. Thepublication looks different this year but it contains the same information fact sheets have had in the past, including: How the proposal will appear on the ballot Answers to some basic questions about each issue Reasons why people may support or oppose the proposal You can pick up a hard copy of the voter guide at the end of this month from your county Cooperative Extension Service office.

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Benefits.gov says guaranteed loans cannot exceed a total indebtedness of $1,392,000. Maximum indebtedness for direct loans is set at $300,000.

5.Application process differs for different types of loans — The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition says that while both direct and guaranteed loans are serviced by the FSA, farmers should apply for guaranteed loans through their bank, credit union, or other private lender. Direct loans can be applied for directly through the FSA. 6.The FSA has helped many new farmers — In its 75-year history, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition says the program has provided more than $60 billion to help new farmers.

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Cotton Plant citizen donates truck to city’s street department The Cotton Plant Street Department’s vehicle was down and repairs would cost more than the vehicle was worth so Mayor Willard Ryland recommended to the city council not to fix the vehicle and pursue trying to purchase a new vehicle instead of continuing to buy used vehicles that cost the city tons and tons of money for repairs.

Councilman Ervin Lewis agreed that this too would be his position, ‘enough of

the raggedy vehicles’.

Because of the city’s financial condition, Mayor Ryland contacted Woodruff County Judge Charles Dallas to see if the city could temporarily use one of the county’s vehicles. “Of course there is never reservation or hesitation with Judge Charles Dallas, and I am very grateful,” Mayor Ryland said.

However, Larry McCurley, owner of the Carter House in Cotton Plant

heard about the city’s need and donated the Ford truck pictured here to the city.

McCurley stated, “It’s nothing fancy but it will get the street department workers around until the city can find something later.”

Mayor Ryland told McCurley, “This may appear to be small but in my eyes it is a big help to the city.”

Mayor Ryland says he is grateful to Judge Dallas and Mr. McCurley for their help.

Larry McCurley, left, and Mayor Ryland, right

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Area Community News CRO SS ROAD S/ HICKORY PL AI N S Opal Crider, Correspondent

We are having a Community Fellowship Group get-together on Tues. October 18 at 6:30 @ the park at Methodist Church. Everyone is invited to attend. We have refreshments and someone to give a devotion [Tony Crye] .

Come as you are! They have been having this for long time, but I have never made one yet. I know it’s good and I encourage all to attend. This will be last one for a while due to holidays & etc.

The DAHS Class of 1964 will have their 52nd Class Reunion, Oct 22nd, 2016.

John Walters and others want to encourage classmates to attend and bring a monetary donation or can foods. They are supporting the Prairie Co. Food Bank which is in need.

(EARLY INFO)The Cross Roads Vol. Fire Annual Deer Breakfast will be Saturdays, Nov. 12th & 19th. They will serve 7-9:30 a.m. It’s all you can eat buffet for $7. We have great food and great fellowship and some big stories HA! I want to say a BIG “Thank You” to our dear friend, Ernest Norman for working on my John Deere mower. Bob was gone, but he knows it’s hard for Bob to get up and down cause of his feet and legs. Nothing like real friends, but it’s not what they do for you!

I was so glad to finally get to visit Charlotte Wrigley Friday. She looked bright and pretty in her red sweater. I picked a great day. I got to see Kathy(Wrigley)Thompson, too. She had been with her Mother since Wednesday.

Kathy was excited to show me what her Mom could do with legs, and feed herself.

Kathy enjoys watching her do the Speech therapy. Ms. Wrigley passed with flying colors! Kathy and I might have barely passed. NOT KIDDIN! Debbie Carpenter, Charles Oldham and Ms. Wrigley’s Pastor Dave came.

We all had a good visit.

She’s so glad to see friends and family. It makes her smile. She really enjoys my column in WRJ & she loves getting cards,10006 Hwy 38W, Des Arc, AR 72040.

Mindy, the therapist asked where she lived & she said Hickory Plains. I told Mindy we live in God’s country and Ms. Wrigley agreed.

So proud of our Des Arc football teams. I finally attended the Junior (winning game) on Thursday night and the Senior(winning game) Friday night. Proud of all of them but kinda extra proud on our local boys, Junior team, Hunter Whittenburg, Christian Kirkland, Hunter Crawford, Tristan Ingle and Seth Lisko. Sr. team is Spencer Wrigley, Isaiah and Jeremiah Williams, Chuck Crawford and Hayden Flud.

Sorry if I missed anyone.

The McArthur Family Reunion had low attendance of twenty four Saturday. We had good food & enjoyed visiting with all.

Please put it on your calendar & come next year,. It will be at Hickory Plains United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Oct.14, 2017.

I stopped by and enjoyed lunch with a lot of community friends at the HP Methodist Church Sunday.

They have a mission meal every second Sunday of the month. You can enjoy time and good food with them for a donation!

Mickey and Vanessa Graham grilled hamburgers and hot dogs Sunday night for Mickey’s 64th birthday Saturday. They had James and Peggy Rettig, Cheryl Guenther, Kenneth, Lola and James Allen Brannon there. Tommy Graham planned to attend, but was sick.

MY hubby, Bob Crider returned home Sunday night from ten day trip this time to Colorado. He went to enjoy family and trout fish. These words came out of his own mouth, ”I think I’m done with Colorado for a while. I’m ready to stay home!” I still can’t believe he said that. HA! He got home just in time to help our baby girl, Tracy Cochran work on her Sherwood house. She learned real fast Tuesday to lay flooring. Her Dad cuts the flooring strips. I had taken Carter Harrison’s saw horse and a miter saw up Friday.

Chad and Tracy and Scott and Carrie (Donahue) Schatz were working hard.

Scott and Carrie live close to the Cochran’s in Benton, close friends and go to Church together.

Vanessa Graham went to the doctor Monday. She has bronchitis, but on verge of pneumonia. Please pray for her. Send her a card, 8477 Hwy13 North, Carlisle, AR 72024 Haley(Moore)Lightsey didn’t get to have her 2nd chemo Monday. She has a bad infection and was admitted to LR Baptist for at least a week. Thanks all for continued prayers. They had a candlelight vigil for her Tuesday night at her Church, Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist. It was a Community gathering.

Prayers work, so please PRAY! Sympathy and Prayers to Otto & Catherine Swindle.

They lost a son, James last week. Please send them cards to 61 Ferguson Cut, Carlisle, AR 72024.

Please pray for Ola Mae Hamric. She is in LR Baptist for two kinds of leukemia.

She will be there a month.

They started Chemo Tuesday for a week. Send her cards to 106 Azalea Drive, Lonoke, AR 72086.

The “Ladies Drop By” was so nice Tuesday. I was

glad to get to attend and see some, I haven’t seen in a while. Always good food and fellowship. There were fifteen in attendance: Margie Speight, Faye Martin, Opal Crider, Vanessa Graham, Judy Gore, Otha Nell Parker, Barbara Ingle, Iva Hamric, Mary Grace Smith, Jewel Ashmore, Janice Bell, Alves Bonner, Clara Clark, Dora Holloway and Dessle Covington. Judy Gore has things to read to us, until Charlotte Wrigley gets well and returns to do her job.

The next “Ladies Drop By” will be Tuesday, Nov. 8th at Jewel Ashmore at 1PM, due to the HP Methodist Church will be used for the Polling place..

Come join in on the good food, fun fellowship and GOOD MEDICINE for all!

We sure miss Charlotte Wrigley. She’s the one that said this meeting is, ”Good Medicine.”

Hickory Plains One Stop wants to let everyone know that Tracy will serve breakfast on Sunday mornings.

She will also have a Sunday lunch special for $5 .99.

Dinner SPECIALS on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS! Come out & enjoy!

Please support Hickory Plains Post Office by purchasing stamps, mailing package, etc. there. Support our OWN local Postmaster, Tammy Bruce. The Hickory Plains Post Office hours are Mon.-Fri. 12:30 PM2:30PM, Sat.10AM-1:30PM. (REMINDER) For people to call 870-854-3703 or email me (OpalCrider@centurytel.ne t) their News. Please call or send!!! If you want birthdays in my column and you know I don’t put them in, please let me know! I know people do things that we would all enjoy reading about.

Have a Good Week In The Lord!

Happy Birthday Oct. 15th to Tristan Ingle !

Happy Anniversary Oct. 15th to Marvin & Donna Loyd!

Happy 24th Birthday Oct 16th to Carl Weaver (our first born grandkid out of thirteen)!

Happy Anniversary Oct. 16th to Bobby & Paula Price!

Happy Birthday Oct. 17th to Micah Ingle, Miles Patton & Donnie Holland!

Happy Birthday Oct. 18th to Hayden Flud & Chuck Huggins!

Happy Birthday Oct. 19th to Rhonda Huggins & Danny Eads!

Happy Birthday Oct. 20th to Otha Nell Parker!

Happy BIG 60 Birthday to Kathy (Wrigley) Thompson, Oct. 20th!

Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool. Ecclesiastes 7:9, NLT

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GreGory GleaninGs

By Rosetta Lockhart

Gregory Baptist is having their Fall Festivities on Oct. 23rd to get ahead of nighttime coming early---so get ready for hotdogs ,chili and the works right after church and then the annual HAYRIDE by the Collins crew. Kids can bring a friend. So, don’t forget!!

Reminder: McClelland Day on Oct.29th at Gregory Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Potluck lunch about noon. Come visit and enjoy good food. Those who read this tell your friends and family that are from McClelland or might just want to come.

Some of us Gregory Gals had birthdays last week.

Fannie Peters and Billye Holder on the 6th. Fannie was honored with dinner at Dondie’s on her day by daughters, Virginia Davis of Caldwell, Mary Ann Barnett and son, Phillip of Forrest City. Then on Saturday they all met at Wynne and went on up to Pioneer Days.

Saturday Tracye Nick of McCrory came and took Mom, Billye, and sister, Michelle Brown, to Colton’s in Searcy to celebrate.

Rosetta’s was on the 8th and her sister, Sallie’s was the 7th, so I drove down and Sallie’s offspring treated the two of us to lunch on Saturday. Steve Lockhart, who was enroute to his home in Copperas Cove ,Tex. stopped to visit and joined all for lunch.

Rosetta, Steve and Stan left Saturday the 1st and drove to Warner Robins AFB, Ga. and visited Steve’s grandson, J.J. and Katie

Bacon and new baby, Eleanor Beatrix. The new grandmother, Stephanie Shephard of Gardner , Ks. came and we got a 5 generation picture.

They were, Rosetta, Steve, Stephanie ,J.J. and Eleanor.

Sunday Stephanie flew home and the ‘boys’ and I took off to Columbus, Oh.to visit Sherry and Russ Frye and their offspring, Mike Frye and Kathy Frye Jackson and husband Todd, Jemma Rose and Ruby, for a few days, arriving back in Gregory Friday noon. The ‘Boys’ cleaned up some fallen limbs before Stan took off for Conway. Good to have these ‘kids’ ‘paying back.’

Troy and Darlene Tims and Jason Cooper have been to and from Searcy due to Darlene’s Mom, Ruth Canard, being in the hospital in a very serious condition.

Mary Vincent’s sister, Victoria of Bakersfield ,Calif. arrived Saturday for a week's visit.

Jena Pfeffer and Ed Gregory spent Saturday at Cabot cheering on her grands, Kristen and Avery Tranum of Searcy in their soccer games.

Jena Pfeffer, Rosetta Lockhart and Helen Fields attended the Hypsion Club Monday afternoon in Cotton Plant. The program was presented by Rita Dobson of Des Arc explaining the Arkansas Voters Guide prepared by the Family Council. She gave each a copy of their guide, which the

group found to be most enlightening, just in time for the upcoming election.

Folks, would you believe that 200 people know me? I hardly would think it, but that is how many Facebook wishes, cards and calls that I got for that birthday and I knew everyone ,except one.

I wish I did know her , though. She said , “Happy Birthday. You don’t know me but I read your news and love it and it should be in the Democrat”.

Wasn’t that pretty doggone nice? Debbie ,email me ‘ rlockhart@centurylink.net and let me get to know you!!

Since I was gone all week there is no telling what my Gregory people did and is not ‘fit’ to tell, at least they haven’t told me much. The guys are too busy in getting the Harvest done.

Remember the Soup, chili and dessert at the Legion Hut this Thursday ,Oct. 13th—11 to 1 pm to help with the cost of Christmas for Kids. Only $5.00 .

Remember the Gregory Baptist’s hotdog, chili, etc and then the Collins Hayride on Oct. 23rd right after church. (gotta get the kids in bed for school) is why not waiting for a ‘dark time hayride’.

Rosetta Lockhart visited Mike and Roseanne Fisher at Des Arc Sunday afternoon.

Remember McClelland Day on Oct. 29.

Rosetta

Tax Deadline October 17 Have you paid?

Prairie County: Real Estate and Personal Property If you are paying by mail and would like a receipt please include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Pay online @ www.arkansas.gov

Prairie County Collector’s Office Open from 8:00 am to 4:30pm Courthouse - Des Arc Phone #: 870-256-4764 Please Pay by Close of Business, by echeck, credit card, or postmarked no later than midnight Monday, October 17, 2016. to avoid a 10% late penalty and costs.

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Lady Eagles Cross Country team runs in Jordan Murphy Memorial meet On Saturday, October 8, the First Annual Jordan Murphy Memorial Cross Country meet was held in DeWitt at the Oak Hills Country Club.

The Des Arc Lady Eagles Junior and Senior High Cross Country teams participated in the event.

The Senior High race covered 2.86 miles and the Junior High ran over a 1.6 mile course.

The top ten finishers in each race received a Top Ten medal and the Top Five also received a Top Five tshirt.

The Lady Eagles let their presence be known by placing three in the top ten in Sr. High and two in the Jr. High races.

They were not able to compete in the team competition because you have to have five runners on each team. There are four on the Sr. High and three

on the Jr. High.

In the Jr. High race, Tristan Richards placed Sixth with a time of 11:58. Shelby Vogeltanz came in at Seventh Place in 12:29 and Meredith Reidhar was Thirteenth in 13:05.

“These girls are eighth graders and have been working extremely hard this year. If these girls continue to improve, then those girls together with this years Sr. High group will form a team that will be very competitive in 2017,” said Coach J.D. Babb.

In the Sr. Girls division, Alyssa Dohm had one of her best runs of the year by placing First with a time of 17:04. Alyssa received a medal and a Top Five tshirt.

Karson Covington, her first year to run Cross Country, took a long stride in improvement by coming

from the middle of the pack by placing Sixth with a time of 18:56.

The most impressive run of the day came from Helin Wollstein. Helin is an exchange student from Germany and had never run before coming to Des Arc in August.

“She ran tough for the entire race and would not be denied a Top Ten medal,” said Coach Babb.

Helin placed Tenth with a time of 19:24.

Haylie Flud, a Ninth grader running her first Sr. High race, ran a 20:22 to place Seventeenth.

Coach Babb stated, “Haylie was moved up from Jr. High this week so that she can start preparing for the State Championships on November 12.”

The Lady Eagles will run on Saturday, October 17 in Conway.

Good Luck, Ladies!

Pictured left to right are: Tristan Richards, Haylie Flud, Shelby Vogeltanz, Meredith Reidhar, Karson Covington, Helin Wollstein, Alyssa Dohm, and Coach J.D. Babb. The Jr. and Sr. Lady Eagles Cross Country teams ran in the Jordan Murphy Memorial Cross Photo by Angela Dohm Country meet on Saturday, October 8 in DeWitt.

Dallas Taylor, Top SE Region Officer of Year Arkansas Attorney General, Leslie Rutledge, right, recognized Arkansas State Trooper Dallas Taylor as Top Southeast Region Officer of the Year. Taylor received the award at the 14th annual Law Enforcement Summit at Camp Robinson on Wednesday, October 5. Approximately 600 law enforcement officers from across Arkansas were in attendance. Other area Troopers recognized were Patrolman Jared Williamson-Woodruff County, Corporal Tony Bowman-White County, and Trooper Rodney Davenport-Monroe County. A VALOR Tribute was presented to the spouse of Officer Aaron Barker-McCrory Police Department, who lost his life recently in the line of duty.

Congressman Rick Crawford was a visitor at Des Arc High School one day last week. He stopped

by Mr. Con Sullivan’s agri classes to talk about agriculture and how it effects the lives of people in this area and all over the world.

Local towboat pilot pulls down Broadway bridge

Food Pantry donation: Janice Bell, secretary for the Oak Prairie Extension Homemakers Club, is pictured with the Club’s 57-pound donation of food items brought to the Prairie County Food Pantry on Tuesday, Oct. 11. This is the club’s project this year. The food is distributed by the office personnel in the office of Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda to county residents in need of food.

WEEK’S WEATHER, RAIN & RIVER

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Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8

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Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12

7.77’ 7.59’ 7.37’ 7.11’

Oct 5 Forecast for OCT 10 was: 7.60’ Oct 12 Forecast for OCT 17 is: 7.50’ For comparison, river crested here at 31.49’ on Jan 4, 2016

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Early Voting: Clinton Leading, Could Win Before Nov. 8 Arrives

By Jen Krausz Early voting results appear to give Hillary Clinton the advantage over Donald Trump as more Democrats are voting early and requesting absentee ballots than their Republican counterparts, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Data from Florida, North Carolina, and other states that allow early voting shows Clinton pulling ahead even before Trump's lewd, recorded comments came to light.

In Florida, more Democrats are requesting absentee ballots than were doing so at this time in 2012, particularly Hispanic voters

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who are unhappy with Trump’s stance on immigration, the Times said. Democrats also are requesting more absentee ballots in North Carolina as Republican requests are declining.

According to the NYT, more than 40 percent of Americans are expected to have voted before Election Day in swing states, which may make the winner clear even before Election Day actually comes.

Democrats typically benefit from early and absentee voting because minority and younger voters may have more trouble getting to the polls on Election Day. The Clintons have been pushing early voting.

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Crews pulled down the Broadway Bridge that has spanned the Arkansas River between Little Rock and North Little Rock on Tuesday this week. The bridge has stood for 93 years and is to be replaced by a new bridge in the future.

When explosives failed to bring the bridge span down, a tow boat and cable operated by former local Allen Eans, resident, brought it down.

Allen’s dad, the late Carthel Eans of the Northside Community, was a towboat operator on the Mississippi for 45 years. His mother, Edith Eans resides in the Northside commuynity.

Allen is with Hussman Construction Co. and resides in Maumelle. He has two sons, Jake and Ben, local residents.

The implosion five hours earlier that failed to bring the bridge span down made the national news on Tuesday evening.

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Eagles rolling with the “W’s”defeating LR Parkview and East Poinsett County 6-0 Jr. Eagles host Marvell/ 5-0 Sr. Eagles on the road The Des Arc Eagle Junior and Senior teams are rolling with the “W’s” with their wins over Little Rock Parkview and East Poinsett County.

The Junior Eagles were triumphant over the Junior Patriots in a nailbiter game 24-22.

The Jr. Eagles will host the Jr. Marvell Mustangs today, October 13 at 7:00 p.m.

The Junior Eagles have just two conference games remaining in the regular season schedule hosting Hazen Oct. 20 and traveling to Palestine-Wheatley Oct. 27 Senior Eagles The Senior Eagles dug deep into the trenches to pull out a win against the 3-2A East Poinsett County Warriors 12-6 on Friday, October 7 at HinsonRollins Field.

The Eagles won the toss but elected to defer to the second half. The Eagle defensive attack halted the advance of the Warriors toward the endzone.

The Eagle offensive drive chopped away the yardage to the endzone for a touchdown with Dillon Conway, O.C. Conway, Lucas Moody, Garrett Goodman, and Donald McCoy on the drive.

O.C. Conway hopped through the Warrior defense into the endzone for the six points. The two point conversion was no

good.

The Eagle defense continued their wall of iron to shut down the EPC offensive march to force the Warriors to turn the football over on downs.

To start the second quarter, Moody carried the ball for a gain of three to bring up second and seven yards.

Des Arc was caught in the backfield for a loss of six yards and an incomplete pass forced the Eagles to turn the ball over on downs.

The Warriors were not productive in their turn on downs. Jeremiah Williams,

the football.

Des Arc was forced to punt the football with EPC taking over at the 50 yard line.

Just before the end of the half, EPC completed a pass, with coverage by Jerrod Williams, for a first and ten.

Rickey Parson kept the EPC ballcarrier to only a one yard gain. EPC fumbled the football but recovered adding a loss of nine yards.

On fourth and 28, Isaiah Williams sacked the EPC quarterback.

EPC’s punt rolled down to the three yard line of the

6-0 Record: The Des Arc Junior Eagles are 6-0 in Conference play.

They will take on the Marvell Jr. Mustangs tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Hinson-Rollins Field in another conference matchup Photo by Amanda Smith

Jed Reidhar, Isaiah Williams and Dillon Conway, who almost intercepted an EPC pass, all had tackles.

The Eagles lost more yardage than they gained in their turn of possession of

Eagles. The Des Arc offense threw up a pass that was incomplete at the end of the half.

EPC kicked off to the Eagles to start the third quarter. Donald McCoy carried

the football down to the 46 yard line for a first and ten.

McCoy cruised up the middle on two carries to give the Eagles a first down.

Dillon Conway carried the football on a second and eight yards for the first down. Dillon finished the drive with the touchdown at the 9:25 mark in the third quarter. The two point conversion pass was no good.

The Warriors got around on the left side and carried the football into Eagle territory at the 42 yard line.

Spencer Wrigley and Kelvin Cohen wrapped up the EPC ball carrier for a loss of one.

EPC completed a pass on their next play and was downed at the 22 yard line

by Hayden Flud.

The Warriors were knocking at the door with a first and goal at the eight yard line.

Zeke Tacker caught EPC in the backfield for a loss of three yards.

On fourth and 24, the EPC quarterback scrambled to complete a pass for the touchdown at the 4:25 mark. The two point conversion was no good.

Late in the fourth quarter, the EPC Offense were stymied by the Eagle Defense. The Warriors threw an incomplete pass and then was penalized for a false start.

On second and fifteen at the 33 yard line, EPC threw a pass down field near the endzone to go for the win, but Jeremiah Williams intercepted the football with one tick left on the clock.

On the move: Jacob Moody, #5 left for the Senior Eagles heads toward the north side of the field , and visitor stands, in the game against EPC on Friday, October 7. Blockingt were left to right: #18 Garrett Goodman, #55 Berghan Taylor and #60 Sloane Huddleston. The Eagles won 12-6 Final score, Des Arc, 12, East Poinsett County, 6.

The Eagles will travel to Marvell for a conference game this Friday, October 14 to take on the Mustangs at 7:00 p.m.

All that remains in the regular season schedule is Hazen (Oct. 21), PalestineWheatley (Oct. 28) and Clarendon (Nov. 3-Senior Night).

Offensive/Defensive Stats for EPC Hayden Flud-Six Tackles Isaiah Williams-Four Carries for 24 yards for six yards per carry, One Reception for 37 yards, Fifteen Tackles, One Sack. Isaiah has racked up a total of 92 tackles on the season.

Jacob Moody-Three Carries for Five Yards for 1.6 yards per carry.

Donald McCoy-Seventeen Carries for 67 yards for 3.9 yards per carry.

Jerrod Williams-Two

Tackles.

Dillon Conway-Seven Carries for 55 Yards for 7.9 yards per carry, One Rushing Touchdown, Three Tackles and One PBU. Garrett Goodman-Two Carries for Eight Yards for Four Yards per carry, Five Completions with one Attempt for 20% completion percentage.

Ontario Conway-Sixteen Carries for 102 yards for 6.4 yards per carry, One Rushing Touchdown, Ten Tackles.

Zeke Tacker-Seven Tackles.

Ricky Parson-Six Tackles.

Jeremiah Williams-Four Tackles, One Interception.

Kelvin Cohen-Five Tackles.

Spencer Wrigley-Eight Tackles.

Berghan Taylor-Seven Tackles.

Jed Reidhar-One Tackle.

Help win the Food Fight by bringing canned goods The Des Arc Community is urged to help Des Arc High School win the “Food Fight” against Hazen and bring their canned goods to Des Arc High School by Thursday, Oct. 20.

No time to go shopping? You may bring monetary donations to High School and

Des Arc Eagle Marching Band Congratulations to the“Pride of the Prairie” Des Arc Eagle Marching Band for earning an Excellent rating (Division II) and finishing in Third Place in Class D at the West Memphis Marching Classic Saturday, Oct. 8! A first time competition for the Eighth Graders! Way to go!

The next marching competitions are Saturday, Oct. 15 at Forrest City and Tuesday, Oct. 18 in Searcy.

One Band, One Sound!

DES ARC SCHOOLS

LUNCH MENU

Joyce Major, lunchroom supervisor at the Des Arc Schools, advises the following menus are scheduled for Monday-Friday, Oct. 17-21:

Elementary Lunch

High School Lunch

MONDAY: Chicken Strips, Yams, Steamed Broccoli, Whole Wheat Roll, Pineapple, Fresh Fruit, Milk TUESDAY: Pig in a Blanket, Great Northern Beans, Coin Carrots, Slaw, Pears, Fresh Fruit, Milk WEDNESDAY: Plain or Hot Chicken Sandwich, 1/2 Seasoned Baked Potato, Green Beans, Peaches, Fresh Fruit, Milk THURSDAY: Taco Salad, Spanish Rice, Pinto Beans, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese, Pineapple, Breakfast Fresh Fruit, Milk MONDAY: Yogurt and Graham Hamburger or Crackers or Cereal & Toast, FRIDAY: Cheeseburger, French Fries, Pineapple.

Baked Beans, Lettuce,Tomato, TUESDAY: Whole Wheat Melon, Fresh Fruit, Milk MONDAY: Pig in a Blanket, Great Northern Beans, Coin Carrots, Honey Dew Melon or Apples, Milk TUESDAY: Vegetable Beef Soup, Crackers, Steamed Broccoli, Tropical Fruit, Milk WEDNESDAY: Nachos, Pinto Beans, Pineapple, Milk THURSDAY: Mini Corn Dogs, Macaroni and Cheese, Sweet Peas, Peaches, Milk FRIDAY: Hamburgers, French Fries, Sandwich Fixings, Oranges, Milk

Baked Funnel Cake or Cereal & Toast, Peaches

Breakfast

WEDNESDAY: Egg and Toast or MONDAY: Yogurt and Graham Crackers or Cereal & Toast, Cereal & Toast, Pears Peaches.

THURSDAY: Breakfast Pizza TUESDAY:Pop Tarts or Cereal & or Cereal & Toast, Apples Toast, Tropical Fruit FRIDAY: Whole Wheat Honey Bun or Cereal & Toast, Oranges WEDNESDAY: Pancakes or Waffles with Syrup or Cereal & Served with Milk & Juice Toast, Mandarin Oranges THURSDAY: Breakfast Pizza or Meals are subject to change/ Cereal & Toast, Pears USDA is an Equal Opportu- FRIDAY: Sausage or Chicken nity Provider and Employer Biscuit or Cereal & Toast, Pineapple.

Two former Des Arc Eagles names added to state record books Two former Des Arc Eagles, Clayton Nicholson and Trey Lee, have earned their way into the state record books while playing football for the Des Arc Eagles.

Trey shattered the record for two point conversions in the 2015 season with 38 breaking the old record of 13.

Clayton earned six sacks in a single game against Walnut Ridge. Clayton tied with Derek Smith of Rogers-2006 and Calvin Flemons of Prescott-1999.

Reed Richenbach of Pulaski Academy is first with seven.

Congratulations!

2016 Pee Wee Football Schedule Sat. Oct. 15 Playoffs First Round-Stuttgart Sat., Oct. 22 Playoffs Second Round-Palestine Tues., Oct. 25 Championship

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2016 Senior Eagle Football Schedule Oct. 14 @Marvell 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 21 @Hazen 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 28 Palestine 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 3 Clarendon 7:00 p .m.

(Senior Night)

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Hootens.com Rankings Class 2A, Week 7, 2016 1. England (6-0) 2. Hector (6-0) 3. Danville (6-0) 4. Mount Ida (6-0) 5. Hampton (6-0) 6. Des Arc (5-1) 7. C. Harmony Grove (3-3) 8. Conway Christian (4-2) 9. Bearden (3-2) 10. Rison (4-2) 11. Earle (4-2) 12. Hackett (6-0) 13. E. Poinsett County (4-2) 14. Foreman (5-1) 15. Palestine-Wheatley

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32. Brinkley (2-4) 33. Clarendon (2-4) 34. Magnet Cove (1-5) 35. Augusta (2-4) 36. Strong (1-5) 37. Poyen (1-5) 38. Spring Hill (1-5) 39. Bigelow (1-5) 40. J.C. Westside (1-4) 41. Magazine (3-3) 42. Western Yell County (1-5) 43. Decatur (0-5) 44. Mountain Pine (0-5) 45. Rector (0-4) 46. Midland (0-6) 47. Marvell (0-5)

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(6-0) 16. Parkers Chapel (4-2) 17. Cross County (5-1) 18. Quitman (5-0) 19. Carlisle (3-3) 20. Dierks (3-3) 21. McCrory (3-3) 22. Mountainburg (4-2) 23. Marked Tree (3-3) 24. Murfreesboro (3-3) 25. Lavaca (3-3) 26. Woodlawn (3-2) 27. Mineral Springs (2-4) 28. Salem (3-3) 29. Cutter M. Star (3-2) 30. Lafayette County (1-5) 31. Hazen (1-5)

LAST WEEK Hootens.com correctly picked 21 of 23 games (91 percent) involving Class 2A teams. Hootens.com is 145-33 (81 percent) for the season.

WEEK 7 PREDICTIONS (favored team in CAPS followed by point spread) 3-2A E. POINSETT COUNTY (15) at Salem: No. 13 EPC waved the 3-2A banner last week in a 12-6 loss at No. 6 Des Arc. Senior Chanc Gray (12 tackles), sophomore Jonathan Gilmore (11 tackles), senior Trevor Walker (nine tackles) and junior Andrew Cavitt (eight tackles) led an EPC defense that held Des Arc to less than 300 total yards for the first time this season.

STRONG (1) vs Marked Tree: Two teams with a late-season open date found each other and a split-the-distance neutral site at Pine Bluff High. 3-2A Marked Tree back to its full allotment (suspensions Wk 5) last week in a 48-6 win over winless Midland. Senior end Nick Andrews (6-5, 275) recorded three TFL and four sacks. Senior QB Javonte Newton makes 8-2A member Strong go, but the Bulldogs average a league-low 10 ppg.

6-2A Palestine-Wheatley at CARLISLE (6): The 6-2A has not been this weak in almost a decade, leaving undefeated Palestine-Wheatley without a quality win. Carlisle has one quality loss, a 32-28 heartbreaker Week 4 at No. 6 Des Arc. HAZEN (1) at Augusta: Augusta could be without junior RB Devin Taylor (possible concussion). Both teams reeling. Hazen lost to rival Carlisle 36-8 last week, while Augusta lost to Clarendon 46-36.

Clarendon at MCCRORY (15): Defending state champion McCrory stays in the chase for league's third playoff seed, likely plays Carlisle Week 10 for that No. 3 spot and a first-round home playoff game.

DES ARC (35) at Marvell: No. 6 Des Arc starting nine sophomores, but the defense remains consistent with senior linebacker Isaiah Williams averaging double-digit tackles weekly. Williams had 15 stops last week vs. EPC. BRINKLEY is open.

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Help us win the Food Fight in 2016 and lets keep that trophy at Des Arc! DAHS collected 6,968 cans of food in 2015.

Go Eagles! Lets win the food fight and the Battle of the Prairie trophy!

Go Eagles!

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Democratic Rally in the Park at Hazen Photos and report by Harvey Joe Sanner, Prairie County Democratic Committee Chairman On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 the Prairie County Democratic Committee hosted a Rally that had all the trappings of an old fashioned political gathering. Grilled Hot Dogs with trimmings in the outside air on a beautiful Arkansas Fall afternoon is about as American as it gets!

We had a great crowd, great weather and great candidates to acknowledge. The event was in the Hazen City Park and that community deserves a pat on the back for the work they have done to make their park an enjoyable place for outside events. It has plenty of shade, lots of good seating and a very impressive stage. We are thankful to the City of Hazen for their accommodating attitude and helpful employees.

This event, falling just two weeks before Early Voting begins on Monday, October 24, 2016, gave voters the opportunity to hear from and visit with three candidates running for countywide offices, Rick Hickman, candidate for Sheriff, Gaylon Hale, candidate for Circuit/County Clerk and Tamara Forrester Dabney for Treasurer. All

three of the candidates are very qualified to hold the offices they are seeking and very important, all three come with many years of experience that can be put to use in those offices.

There are two candidates who serve on the Prairie County Quorum Court who missed the hot dogs because they were attending the monthly meeting of the quorum court. Ronnie Eans, represents District 1 and Lawrence Holloway represents District II. Both have been solid court members who have helped steer the county through some troubled times. At this point in time, with three of the five constitutional offices being filled with new people on January 2017, the experience and background of Justice Eans and Justice Holloway could be invaluable.

The focus of the Rally was on the candidates and their qualifications as well as encouraging every voter to turn out and vote early, vote absentee or come to your polling site on Tuesday November 8, 2016 and cast that ballot!!

It’s a privilege that we have as Americans that people in foreign lands still yet die for.

We are proud of these county candidates and of all

Democratic candidates and we feel that we should take pride in the fact that locally and nationally we have conducted ourselves much better than some on the national stage. It’s been pretty ugly to watch and our hope is that voters will not let the ugliness and vulgarity we’ve seen discourage them from going to the polls. The best way to get rid of ugliness is to vote against it.

With the very positive and upbeat attitudes of the large crowd in the Hazen City Park and the absence of any bitterness or spite causes some recent ugliness to be even more distasteful. Someone, foolishly, has stolen and/or destroyed some Clinton/Kaine campaign signs East of Des Arc on Highway 38, more than once. It’s sad that we have thieves and lowbrow vandals doing such things.

While it may seem petty to some, it’s actually an attack on our very democracy. The right to support and vote for whom one chooses is one of the most sacred liberties we enjoy as Americans. Someone might acutally hate a candidate but that is no excuse to attack a neighbor’s democratic right to show his support for that candidate.

Please stop the nonsense.

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Prairie County Courthouse News Arkansas is tops for mallard harvest; The following information was obtained from the records at the Prairie County Courthouses in Des Arc and DeValls Bluff on Tuesday, October 11, 2016: Marriage License Damien C. Wood, 34, Hazen and Kirby R. Cook, 32, Des Arc. McDavid Kevin Cormick, 57, Bismarck, and Shelia Rebecca Whittaker, 45, Bismarck.

Land Transfers Warranty Deed Robbye Norman Ridout Ridout, Wayne and Grantors, hand paid by Elizabeth Ramos, Grantee, the following lands lying in

the County of Prairie State of Arkansas: A part of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section Ten, T4N, R5W containing 15.20 acres, more or less.

Warranty Deed Benny Ray Goodman and Jackie Denise Goodwin, Grantor, hand paid by Leroy Goff and Carol Goff, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A part of Lot Six being in the SW 1/4 of Section 30, T5N, R7W. Correction Warranty Deed Neal Mitchell and Julie Mitchell, Grantors, hand paid by Anthony Darren

Burnett and Kimberly Lewis, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: Lots 75, 77 and 94 Hamilton-Siitonen Addition to the City of Des Arc. Warranty Deed Casie J. Livesay West and Matthew West, Curtis Hamric and Tammy Hamric, Grantors, hand paid by Randy Wiliams and Kelly Williams, Grantees, the following lands lying in the Northern District of Prairie County: A part of the Fractional NW 1/4 of Section Three T4N, R7W containign 3.02 acres, more or less.

District Court Hearings The following cases were heard before Judge Robert Abney in District Court Hearings held in the Courtroom at Des Arc City Hall on Monday, October 10, 2016: City Cases Anthony S. Sanner, Des Arc, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License. No DWI Classes scheduled. Failed to Comply. Issue Warrant.

Royce Wade Bell, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Appear on a Written Summons.

No Classes scheduled. Failure to Comply. Issue Warrant.

Jeffery H. Morgan, Bella Vista, charged with Exceeding Posted Speed 67 MPH/55 Zone, and Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A Misdemeanor. Bond Forfeited.

Deidra Whittenburg, Des Arc, charged with Exceeding Posted Speed 58 MPH/30 Zone. Bond Forfeited.

Kevin Richards, Griffithville, charged with Violation of Arkansas Hot Check Law-Second. Bond Forfeited.

Rodney T. McGee, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Continued to October 17, 2016.

George Stephens, Des Arc, charged with Disorderly Conduct-Class C Misde-

meanor, Public Intoxication/Drinking in Public, ObGovernmental structing Discharging Operations, Firearm in City Limits and Refusal to Submit to ArrestClass B Misdemeanor.

Transfer case to Hazen for October 18, 2016.

James Kevin Henard, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Bond Forfeited. Three Days Community Service.

Tressia Henard, Des Arc, charged with Failure to Pay. Bond Forfeited. Three days Community Service.

State Cases Brandi L. Newman, Sherwood, charged with Drinking in Public, No Liability Insurance, Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Public Intoxication.

Failed to Appear. Issue Letter.

Macy Jane Burnett, Des Arc, charged with Exceeding Posted Speed 67 MPH/55 Zone. Guilty. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $142.00 and Six Months Probation. If No Further Violations. Charge Dismissed.

Noah Luke Kennedy, Des Arc, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Defendant Appeared and Advised of Rights. Defendant Waived

Rights. Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $555.00, Three days Community Service, 20 days Prairie County Jail suspended, and Six months Probation. Drug Paraphernalia charge merged.

Morris B. Webb, North Little Rock, charged with Exceeding Posted Speed and Possession of Controlled Substance. Defendant Appeared and Advised of Rights. Defendant plead Guilty . Sentenced to Fine and Cost of $702.00, Six Months Probation, Three Days Community Service and 20 days Prairie County Jail suspended.

Charline J. Walters, Ward, charged with Driving on Suspended or Revoked Driver License-Class A. Misdemeanor. Bond Forfeited.

David M. Dixon, Cotton Plant, charged with Overweight. Bond Forfeited.

Larry D. Williams, Ward, charged with Failure to Pay. Failed to Appear. Issue Letter.

Caleb R. Inman, Des Arc, charged with Disorderly Conduct-Class C Misdemeanor, Refusal to Submit to Arrest-Class B Misdemeanor and Operating ATV on Highway. Continued to October 17, 2016.

Prairie County Jail Count The following inmates are incarcerated in the Prairie County Jail at Des Arc as of Tuesday, October 11, 2016 according to Sheriff Gary Burnett: Mathis, Montrell Rashuad, 21, charged with Robbery and Aggravated Assault. Intake date September 28, 2016.

Earl, Teresa, 37, charged with Aggravated Assault.

Intake date June 8, 2016.

Jackson, Jelecia M., 25, Commitment. Intake date July 14, 2016.

Graham, Johnell Delacy, 19, charged with Aggravated Assault, Theft of Property, Theft by Receiving, Breaking or Entering and Contributing to the Delinquency of Minor. Intake date June 6, 2016.

Huertas, Abel J. , 26, Hold for Another Department, Forgery. Intake date September 9, 2016.

Puckett, John Travis, 33, charged with Probation Revocation. Intake date September 6, 2016.

Worley, David Wayne, 27, charged with Probation Revocation. Intake date September 22, 2016.

Bullock, Jennifer Rebekah, 42, charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Controlled SubstanceFelony. Intake date September 28, 2016.

Caroppoli, Ashton Elizabeth, 28, Commitment. In-

take date September 30, 2016.

Fernandez, Kayla Lasha, 33, Hold for Another Department. Intake date October 5, 2016.

Hughes, Antoinette Monique, 30, Hold for Another Department. Intake date October 10, 2016.

Evans, Cassie, 26, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance. Intake date September 30, 2016.

Monroe, Traci, 24, Commitment. Intake date May 5, 2016.

Swift, Crystal D., 34, Commitment, Intake date September 20, 2016.

Beasley, Antonio, 38, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date October 8, 2016.

Carpenter, Matt Leo, 36, Commitment. Intake date August 31, 2016.

Chitman, Stephen Latrealle, 33, Commitment. Intake date September 21, 2016.

Goldsberry, Edwin Moses, 26, Commitment.

Intake date September 26, 2016.

Johnson, Cavin D., 37, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date October 4, 2016.

Johnson, Daymeun D., 18, Commitment, Intake date July 6, 2017.

Jones, Qwan Dontek, 25, Commitment. Intake date September 24, 2016.

Langhorn, Courtney Deontea, 27, Commitment.

Intke date July 9, 2016.

Logan, Derrick Deunta, 23, charged with Failure to Appear. Intake date October 10, 2016.

Williams, Thornell A., 31, Commitment. Intake date August 26, 2016.

Young, Devante, 24, charged with Failure to Pay Fine and Cost. Hold for Another Department. Intake date October 9, 2016.

Miller, Donald Ray, 29, charged with Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernailia.

Intake date September 28, 2016.

Hurt, Aaron M., 37, charged with Arson. Intake date September 15, 2016.

McDonald, JoArthur Clinton, 30, charged with Fleeing-Felony and Theft

by Receiving. Commitment. Intake date Spetember 3, 2016.

Gray, Bryce, 38, charged with Theft by Receiving, Intake date September 30, 2016.

Brannen, Thomas Dillian, 26, Commitment. Intake date September 28, 2016.

Moore, Napoleon, 55, Commitment. Intake date September 30, 2016.

Peace, Raymond B., 53 Commitment. Intake date September 12, 2016.

second for total duck harvest Arkansas had the second-highest waterfowl harvest and highest mallard harvest in the United States during the 2015-16 waterfowl season, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service presented at today’s meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Luke Naylor, AGFC waterfowl program coordinator, said the estimated harvest in Arkansas for all ducks was just under 930,000, and mallard harvest was 501,555. The next highest mallard harvest in the U.S. was Missouri with 234,387.

“Arkansas continues to be the bottom of the funnel for mallard migration,” Naylor said.

Naylor also presented Commissioners with the breeding ground population estimates for 2016, which showed a mixed picture.

The mallard population estimate of 11.8 million birds was the highest ever recorded and 51 percent above the long-term average. Overall duck populations declined slightly to 48.4 million birds, also well above the long-term average.

Naylor voiced some concern about the shrinking numbers of temporary wetlands found during the habitat surveys.

“Most prairie regions were dry during surveys, and duck species more closely tied to those habitats showed declines,” Naylor said. “Duck species that more frequently nest in the boreal forest with its more wetlands permanent showed more stable populations.”

When asked if there was any evidence of a shift in migration patterns away from Arkansas’s traditional hunting areas, Naylor explained that on a large scale, there is no evidence of such movements, but did say some shifts can occur from year to year based on temperature and water availability over the entire landscape.

“Last year, for instance, had both the wettest and

warmest December on record,” Naylor said. “During those conditions, the ducks tend to spread out.

When it is wet and cold, you see a lot more ducks come to Arkansas, and the same holds true on years that are drier on a national scale. …Recent relief from droughts in some areas such as the Texas Playas can offer some temporary habitat for ducks that is only available every 10 years or so, so you may see something like that happen occasionally, but Arkansas is still the bottom of the funnel and where most mallards come to winter.”

In other business, the Commission: Heard a presentation welcoming 12 cadets from the AGFC’s H.C. “Red” Morris Natural Resources Conservation and Enforcement Training Center.

Recognized Pat Knighten, Project WILD coordinator for the AGFC, for her recent award as the Arkansas Wildlife Federation Conservation Educator

of the Year.

Recognized Naylor as this year’s recipient of the George H. Dunklin Jr. Arkansas Waterfowl and Wetland Management Award.

Heard a report on the 2015-16 furbearer harvest and fur sales from Blake Sasse, nongame mammal program coordinator for the AGFC. Approved the use of Federal Aid Transportation Alternative Program Funds to create a high-water boat ramp to the Mississippi River at the McCallie Access in Desha County.

Approved a grant and amendment to an MOA with the City of Warren to expand its current shotgun range to include a 15-station rifle and pistol range and archery range.

Approved the grant of a retired boat, motor and trailer that are still in good working order to the Conway County Sheriff’s Office for search and rescue operations.

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In the Circuit Court of Prairie County, Arkansas Northern District - Third Division In the Matter of George Marion Mack Sr., Deceased No. PR2016-5 Notice of Petition for Appointment To all persons interested in the estate of George Marion Mack Sr.: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court to admit to probate the will of George Marion Mack Sr. , and for the appointment of a personal representative for said estate; that said petition will be heard at 9:30 a. m. on the 27th day of October, 2016 in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas or at such subsequent time or other place to which said hearing may be adjourned or transferred.

Date October 5, 2016 Rebecca Hayley, Clerk

By Rhonda Cheshier, Deputy Clerk Prepared by: Eric R. Kennedy, P.A. Attorney for the Estate P. O. Box 1113 Des Arc, Ar 72040 10-6/2c (870)256-4144

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NEED WITNESS

Journal Delivery Tracking Chart 21 of 30 tracked Ark. locations received last week’s Oct 6 issue on next-day, FRI., Oct 7 USPS gets “B+” for delivery of OCT 6 issue Arkansas next-day delivery reaches 26 consecutive weeks !

1. Group A: 6 of 10 post offices have received WRJ on 26 consecutive Fridays (6 Exceptions: Searcy on 2 Saturdays plus 1 Tues, 9/6; Griffithville on Sat., 8/13); Carlisle on Sat., 9/17; and Stuttgart on Sat., 9/17 2. Sherwood, Ar has received WRJ on 23 of last 25 Fridays (2 exceptions: Sat, 5/28 and Sat, 9/3) 3. Hot Springs (Village) has received WRJ on 23 of last 24 Fridays (1 exception: Sat, 7/30).

4. Edgemont, Ar has received WRJ on 24 of last 26 Fridays (2 exceptions: Saturday 5/14 and Wed, 9/28) 5. Greenbrier, Ar has received WRJ on 23 of last 26 Fridays (3 exceptions: Sat, 5/14, Sat, 8/6, Sat 9/3) 6. Arkadelphia, Ar has received WRJ on 24 of last 22 Fridays (1 exception: Sat, 7/30) - began tracking 5/20 7. Bald Knob, Ar has received WRJ on last 18 consecutive Fridays (not missed since started tracking) 8. Midvale, ID has received WRJ on 20 of the last 26 Mondays (6 exceptions: All Tuesdays, 5/31, 7/5, 8/3, 9/6, 9/28, 10/11) 9. Anaheim, CA has received WRJ on 18 of last 26 Mondays (8 exceptions: Sat., 4/9; Tuesdays, 5/31, 6/14, 7/5, 9/6, 9/28, Wed, 10/12 - 7/21 issue never received)

DAT E M A I L E D

USPS Mail Facility in NLR receives / distributes Journals to these 42 tracked locations

LOCATION (GROUP “A”) * Beebe * Cabot * Carlisle * Conway * Griffithville * Jacksonville * Lonoke * Searcy * Stuttgart * Ward

Thursday, SEPT 15

Thursday, SEPT 29

ISSUES )

Thurs, Oct 6 (COLUMBUS DAY OCT 10)

Actual #Delivery Days (in parenthesis) & Date Received

Record Fewest #Days

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

( PREVIOUS 4

Thursday, SEPT 22

(1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (2) (1)

FRI., 9/16 FRI., ” SAT., 9/17 FRI., 9/16 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” SAT., 9/17 FRI., 9/16

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 9/23 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 9/30 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

(1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

FRI., 10/7 FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ” FRI., ”

* Journals mailed in proprietary containers to 260± subscribers at above 10 post offices.

170± other locations, including Group “B” below, are mailed mixed in 7-only total containers.

GROUP “B” (19 ARKANSAS LOCATIONS ... Rose City, NLR dropped from group Oct 13)) (4) MON, 10/3 (5) TUES, 10/11 (1) (5) TUES, 9/20 (5) TUES, 9/27 Alma (1) FRI, 9/30 (1) FRI, 10/7 (1) (1) FRI, 9/16 (1) FRI., 9/23 Arkadelphia (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI, ” (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI., ” Bald Knob (1) FRI, (1) FRI, ” ” (1) (1) FRI, (6) WED, 9/28 ” Edgemont (2) SAT, 10/1 (5) TUES, 10/11 (2) (4) MON, 9/26 ?

Forrest City (1) FRI, 9/30 (1) FRI, 10/7 (1) (1) FRI, 9/16 (1) FRI, 9/23 Greenbrier (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI, ” (1) (1) FRI., ” (1) FRI, ” Hot Springs (12) TUES, 10/11 (5) TUES, 10/11 (2) (7) THRS, 9/22 (4) MON, 9/26 Jonesboro (1) FRI, 9/30 (5) Mixed, Fri to Tues (1) (4) MON, 9/19 (1) FRI, 9/23 Little Rock (1) FRI, ” ?

(1) (1) FRI, 9/16 ?

Mabelvale (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, 10/7 (1) FRI., ” ?

North Little Rock (1) (1) FRI, 9/30 ?

(1) (2) SAT, 9/17 (4) MON, 9/26 Pine Bluff (5) TUES, 10/11 ?

(2) (2) SAT, ” (2) SAT, 9/24 Rogers (1) FRI, 10/7 ?

(1) (1) FRI, 9/16 ?

Romance (1) FRI, 9/30 (1) FRI, ” (1) (1) FRI, ” (2) SAT, 9/24 Russellville (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, 9/23 Sherwood (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Tichnor, Gillette PO (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” (1) (1) FRI, ” (1) FRI, ” Ulm (1) FRI, ” ?

(1) (1) FRI, ” ?

Vilonia

GROUP “C” (13 OUT-OF-STATE LOCATIONS .... W. Melbourne, FL dropped from group Oct 6) (2) Anaheim, CA Chicago/N Aurora, IL (2) (2) Dallas, TX (1) Enid, OK Houston/Seabrook,TX (4) (4) Madison, AL Memphis/Bartlett, TN (1) Memphis/Millington (2) (4) Midvale, ID (4) Salem, OR Springfield, MO (4) (4) Springfield, OH (2) St Louis, MO COLUMN TOTALS:

USPS Grade

(4) MON, 9/19 (4) MON, ” (4) MON, ” (2) SAT, 9/17 (5) TUES, 9/20 (9) SAT, 9/24 (5) TUES, 9/20 (4) MON, 9/19 (4) MON, ” (5) TUES, 9/20 (6) WED, 9/21

(6) WED, 9/28 (5) TUES, 9/27 (6) WED, 9/28 (2) SAT, 9/24 (7) THRS, 9/29 (7) THRS, 9/29 ?

(4) MON, 9/26 (5) TUES, 9/27 ?

?

(4) MON, 9/19

(68) (100) actual days

C+

(4) MON, 10/3 (5) TUES, 10/4 (4) MON, 10/3 (2) SAT, 10/1 (4) MON, 10/3 (5) TUES, 10/4 (4) MON, 10/3 (4) MON, 10/3 (4) MON, 10/3 ?

(6) WED, 10/12 (5) TUES, 10/11 (2) SAT, 10/8 (5) TUES, 10/11 (6) WED, 10/12 (5) TUES, 10/11 (5) TUES, 10/11 (5) TUES, 10/11 (5) TUES, 10/11 (5) TUES, 10/11 (6) WED, 10/12

(100) actual days

(91) actual days

(101) actual days

B+

*The Jonesboro 10/11 (12 day delivery) would’ve reduced the 3rd column A+ to B+ NEW Record-Early-Delivery

EXCEPTIONAL Delivery

POOR Delivery

Re: Arkansas locations (Group A): Friday deliveries shown in BLACK text - later than “next-day” in RED italic.

Re: Arkansas locations (Group B): Fri/Sat deliveries shown in BLACK TEXT - Monday or later shown in RED italic.

Re: Out-of-state locations, “acceptable” deliveries shown in BLACK text - less than acceptable shown in RED italic.

Exceptional deliveries include black

“thumbs up”. Poor deliveries include RED

ESTATE SALE

“thumbs down”.

In the Matter of Ronnie D. Goodman Sr., Deceased No. PR2015-12 Notice of Appointment of Executrix and Filing of Claims Estate of Ronnie D. Goodman, Sr., Deceased.

Last Known Address of Decedent: 2010 Maple Street, Des Arc, AR 72040 Date of Death: January 3, 2014 The undersigned was appointed executrix of the estate of the above-named decedent on the 7th day of April, 2016.

All persons having claims against the estate must exhibit them, duly verified, to the undersigned within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate. Provided that claims for injury or death caused by the negligence of the decedent shall be filed within six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or they shall be forever barred and precluded from any benefit in the estate.

This notice first published the 6th day of October, 2016.

Eric R. Kennedy, P.A. Darlene Goodman By: Eric R. Kennedy Executrix Attorney for the Estate 2010 Maple Street P. O. Box 1113 Des Arc, Ar 72040 Des Arc, Ar 72040 (870) 256-4144 10/6/2c

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AUCTION

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

Fri., October 21, 11 a.m.

3 BR Rock Home w/34 AC m/l 182 Hester Loop, Lonoke, AR.

HAUL DRIVERS CHIP TRUCK NEEDED

GUNS & AMMO

CONWAY, AR - GUN SHOW - Oct 15-16, Faulkner Co. Fairgrounds Expo Center, Sat, 9am - 5pm, Sun, 9am - 4pm. Guns, Knives, Ammo, Militaria, Lg. Selection new/used rifles, shotguns & handguns. G&S Promotions, 1-918-659-2201. $2.00 OFF admission with this ad. *$2 OFF for Active Duty & Retired Military w/ id.

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HELP WANTED TRUCK DRIVERS

FROM I-40 AT LONOKE, ARKANSAS, GO NORTH ON HWY 31N APX. 6 MILES AND TURN WEST ON SMYRNA RD. GO .08 MILES ON SMYRNA RD TO AUCTION. WATCH SIGNS.

Lease Specials for New MoveIns! Rent a three bedroom and take $500 off the first month’s rent. Little Rock Family Housing, 101 Arkansas Blvd., Jacksonville, AR 72076. littlerock-family-housing.com. Make your reservation!

501-983-9044 All specials available for new move-ins in select units for 12-mo. lease and will be given on approved credit or HMO referral. Excludes move-overs and those already assigned a home.

MOBILE/ MANUFACTURED HOMES

Move in ready mobile homes.

Owner financing on select homes with approved credit. No rent option, but buying could be cheaper than rent! 501-588-3300.

Selling As-is, Terms: 10% Down Pmt. Auction day. Balance due in cash at closing within 30 days.

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LOOKING FOR WITNESS: If you were a witness to 2-vehicle accident Sunday, Sept. 25, 8 - 8:30 am, at Hwy. 11-38 Intersection, please call Jimmy Johnson at 501-882-6954.

In the Circuit Court of Prairie County, Arkansas Northern District PROBATE DIVISION

Make OUR Home YOUR Home!

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HOME NIGHTLY! SIGN ON BONUS Must have 18 months experience!

Apply online: www.woodfieldinc.com

FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AUCTION

OR CALL RECRUITER at:

1-800-501-4317

MISCELLANEOUS

DIVORCE WITH OR WITHOUT children $125.00. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. SAVE hundreds.

Fast and easy. 1-888-733-7165, call us toll FREE 24/7.

Neal Davis, Broker/Auctioneer AALB #1, 501-940-2138 or Jason Davis, AALB #1202 at 501-454-3382

Thurs. - Fri, Oct. 13-14 • 9AM

2408 Hwy 64 West Wynne, AR 72396 Equipment to sell at this auction?

Ad Deadline: Wed. Sept. 28th .

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870-238-1400 AALB#’s 2100, 2101

10% BP on first $2500 ea. item sold, $250 max BP per item

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WHITE RIVER JOURNAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016

Photos - National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, D.C. (Additional photos - Pages 1 & 2)

Museum on Mall - Capitol at distant right

EARLY VOTING OCT. 24 - NOV. 7 Regular Open Hours

County Courthouse

16 Years Experience in Clerk’s Office Pol Ad paid by Logan Crane

Museum interior - showing metal grill which wraps the exterior

Nearby Washington Monument as seen thru window of new Museum

Mass Flu Clinic at Fairgrounds October 19 Influenza is a very contagious viral illness caused by various types of influenza viral strains.

A mass flu clinic will be held on Wednesday, October 19 at the Prairie County Fairgrounds off Hwy. 11 on Hwy 249 West.

Walk-ins are welcome or you may drive thru to receive your shot. The hours are 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

Be sure to bring your insurance information .

Symptons of the flu are: *Fever *Headache *Muscle Pain *Cough

*Sore Throat *Runny Nose *Diarrhea *Vomiting For treatment, call your doctor and take anti-viral medication if it’s recommended.

Stay at home and rest and avoid close contact with other people. Drink plenty of fluids and take medicine for fever and pain.

Cover your nose and mouth when you cough and wash your hands often to avoid spreding the virus.

The Influenza viruses are spread from person to

person. Infection rates are higher amoung school aged children. Serious illness and even death are more common amoung persons of any age with medical conditions that increase their risk for complications.

If you should have any questions, please contact the Prairie County Health Unit.

Those who wish to receive their flu shot at the Health Unit in Des Arc, may stop by during regular business hours. Call ahead so that the staff will be able to take care of you.